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lain to

lain to is the past participle of lie to.

Meaning of lie to

Verb

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

  1. To have the sails arranged so as to counteract each other.

Questions about lain to

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

Words near lain to in the dictionary

  1. lain low
  2. lain off
  3. lain on the oars
  4. lain over
  5. lain rough
  6. lain to
  7. lain upon
  8. lain waste
  9. lain with
  10. Lainaotabi
  11. Lainaotapi

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