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lay along

lay along is the simple past of lie along.

Meaning of lie along

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To lie flat; to be extended at full length.
    • And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 7:13

Questions about lay along

What is lay along the simple past of?
Lay along is the simple past of lie along.

Words near lay along in the dictionary

  1. lay a trip on
  2. lay a venue
  3. lay about
  4. lay above
  5. lay ahead
  6. lay along
  7. lay an anchor to the windward
  8. lay an egg
  9. lay analysis
  10. lay around
  11. lay aside

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