"lie waste" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lies waste [present, singular, third-person], lying waste [participle, present], lay waste [past], lain waste [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lie<,,lay,lain> waste}} lie waste (third-person singular simple present lies waste, present participle lying waste, simple past lay waste, past participle lain waste)
  1. (intransitive) to be desolate, to be a wasteland Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lie_waste-en-verb-dW5W17kq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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