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Word entry · 4 letters

lain

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"Rested flat"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /leɪn/Sorted ailnStarts with LEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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