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lain in

lain in is the past participle of lie in.

Meaning of lie in

Verb

lie in (third-person singular simple present lies in, present participle lying in, simple past lay in, past participle lain in)

  1. (archaic) To be brought to bed in childbirth.
    • he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery.1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 467
  2. (UK) To stay in bed (longer than usual).
    • I've got a day off tomorrow, so I might lie in till about 11.

Questions about lain in

What is lain in the past participle of?
Lain in is the past participle of lie in.

Words near lain in in the dictionary

  1. lain doggo
  2. lain down
  3. lain down on the job
  4. lain hands on
  5. lain ill in one's mouth
  6. lain in
  7. lain in ambush
  8. lain in honor
  9. lain in one's throat
  10. lain in repose
  11. lain in state

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lain in (page history and authors); lie in (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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