Phrase Hound found 30 phrases and 24 compound words that contain lain. The most common are listed below. Open lain in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 30
- lain in honorpast participle of lie in honor: To lie in state while the designated guards of honor keep watch over the remains.
- lain in statepast participle of lie in state: To be ceremonially placed in a state building after death to allow the public to pay their respects, often followed by a state funeral.
- lain in reposepast participle of lie in repose: To be laid out for public viewing after one’s death.
- lain abovepast participle of lie above: To be deferred to a future occasion.
- lain aheadpast participle of lie ahead: To be going to happen in the future; to be in store.
- lain aroundpast participle of lie around: To do nothing in particular; to be idle.
- lain backpast participle of lie back: To lie down by moving in a posterior direction, ending up supine.
- lain beforepast participle of lie before: to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to
- lain behindpast participle of lie behind: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lie, behind.
- lain downpast participle of lie down: To assume a horizontal position.
- lain lowpast participle of lie low: To conceal oneself; to remain hidden.
- lain offpast participle of lie off: To remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)
- lain overpast participle of lie over: To be deferred to a future occasion.
- lain roughpast participle of lie rough: Of a homeless person, to sleep outdoors, particularly as opposed to sleeping in a shelter or similar.
- lain wastepast participle of lie waste: to be desolate, to be a wasteland
- lain hands onpast participle of lay hands on: To find, obtain, or procure.
- lain in ambushpast participle of lie in ambush: to be hidden waiting to ambush or attack someone
- lain in waitpast participle of lie in wait: To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.
- lain in the waypast participle of lie in the way: To be readily available, at hand.
- lain on the oarspast participle of lie on the oars: To cease rowing without shipping the oars.
- lain down on the jobpast participle of lie down on the job: To be idle when one should be working.
- lain back and thought of Englandpast participle of lie back and think of England: Synonym of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures.
- lain at someone's doorpast participle of lie at someone's door: To be the fault or responsibility of someone.
- lain at someone's heartpast participle of lie at someone's heart: To be an object of interest or affection to someone.
- lain doggopast participle of lie doggo: To lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection; also (by extension), to stay hidden by being discreet and not drawing attention; to keep a low profile, to lie low.
Compound words 24
- forlagenExhausted; worn out.
- explainTo make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
- complainTo express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
- villainA vile, wicked person.
- chaplainA member of a religious body (who is often, although not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to provide pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
- chamberlainA senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
- ChamplainA surname from French.
- McClainA surname.
- PoulainA surname from French.
- underlainpast participle of underlie: To lie in a position directly beneath something.