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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)

  1. (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
    • Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
    Antonyms:
    get up
    1. (imperative, intransitive) A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
  2. (intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
    • He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
  3. (intransitive) To submit passively.
    • I'm not going to lie down and take this!
  4. (euphemistic) 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.

Words near lain down in the dictionary

  1. lain back and thought of England
  2. lain before
  3. lain behind
  4. lain by
  5. lain doggo
  6. lain down
  7. lain down on the job
  8. lain hands on
  9. lain ill in one's mouth
  10. lain in
  11. lain in ambush

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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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