"lain" meaning in English

See lain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /leɪn/ Audio: en-us-lain.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: Inflected forms. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form|cat2=irregular past participles}} lain
  1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: lie (extra: to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated) Translations (situated horizontally): gelegen (Dutch), gelegen (German), berbaring (Indonesian), membaringkan (Indonesian), dibaringkan (Indonesian), terbaring (Indonesian), 横になった (yoko ni natta) (alt: よこになった) (Japanese), tumbado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lain-en-verb-NzthOM4l Disambiguation of 'situated horizontally': 74 26
  2. (colloquial) past participle of lay (“to put down”) Tags: colloquial, form-of, participle, past Form of: lay (extra: to put down) Synonyms: laid
    Sense id: en-lain-en-verb-xL3nRP~g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 51 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 8 6 6 5 26 8 4 8 3 0 8 6 0 3 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 6 6 5 26 8 4 9 3 0 8 6 0 3 3 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /leɪn/ Audio: en-us-lain.ogg Forms: lains [present, singular, third-person], laining [participle, present], lained [participle, past], lained [past]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lainen}} Middle English lainen, {{der|en|non|leyna||to conceal}} Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”), {{inh|en|ang|līeġnan||to deny; conceal}} Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*laugnijaną}} Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*laugnō||secrecy}} Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)
  1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: lean, len [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-lain-en-verb-rrw8B47D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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