Lain

Pronunciation

• IPA: /leɪn/
• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: lane

Inflected forms.

Verb

1. Past participle of lie (oriented in a horizontal position, situated).He had lain there for many hours.The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.

Usage notes

The past participle of lie ("deceive") is lied.

The past participle of lay ("put down") is laid.

From Old Norse løyna ("to conceal") ( = Old English līġnan), from Proto-Germanic *laugnā ("secrecy").

Full definition of lain

Verb

1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. 14th-19th c.
• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XX:‘Do ye as ye lyste,’ seyde Sir Aggravayne, ‘for I woll layne hit no lenger.’

Anagrams

• anil
• INLA
• Lani
• Lina
• nail