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lain off

lain off is the past participle of lie off.

Meaning of lie off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)
    • Try to lie off the cardinal.

Questions about lain off

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

Words near lain off in the dictionary

  1. lain in state
  2. lain in the bed one had made
  3. lain in the way
  4. lain in wait
  5. lain low
  6. lain off
  7. lain on the oars
  8. lain over
  9. lain rough
  10. lain to
  11. lain upon

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