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lie along

lie along verb: to lie flat; to be extended at full length.

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

Forms of lie along

third-person singular presentlies along
present participlelying along
pastlay along
past participlelain along

Questions about lie along

What does lie along mean?
Lie along means to lie flat; to be extended at full length.
What part of speech is lie along?
Lie along is a verb.
What is the past tense of lie along?
The past tense of lie along is lay along.

Words near lie along in the dictionary

  1. lie ahead
  2. Lie algebra
  3. Lie algebras
  4. Lie algebroid
  5. Lie algebroids
  6. lie along
  7. lie around
  8. lie at one's door
  9. lie at someone's door
  10. lie at someone's heart
  11. lie back

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