Definitions
Rested or been positioned horizontally.
Word origin
From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).
Used in a sentence
“He had lain there for many hours.”
“The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.”
“I ascended to my room, and lay down upon the bed. A whole hour I must have lain thus, with my head resting upon my hand.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rested flat”4 letters
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