lain down
lain down is the past participle of lie down.
Meaning of lie down
Verb
lie down (third-person singular simple present lies down, present participle lying down, simple past lay down, past participle lain down)
- To assume a horizontal position.
- Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
- Antonyms:
- get up
- A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
- To be lazy or remiss.
- He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
- To submit passively.
- I'm not going to lie down and take this!
- To have sexual intercourse (with).
Questions about lain down
- What is lain down the past participle of?
- Lain down is the past participle of lie down.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lain down (page history and authors); lie down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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