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lie in honor

lie in honor verb: to lie in state while the designated guards of honor keep watch over the remains.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To lie in state while the designated guards of honor keep watch over the remains.

Forms of lie in honor

third-person singular presentlies in honor
present participlelying in honor
pastlay in honor
past participlelain in honor

Questions about lie in honor

What does lie in honor mean?
Lie in honor means to lie in state while the designated guards of honor keep watch over the remains.
What part of speech is lie in honor?
Lie in honor is a verb.
What is the past tense of lie in honor?
The past tense of lie in honor is lay in honor.

Words near lie in honor in the dictionary

  1. Lie groupoids
  2. Lie groups
  3. lie ill in one's mouth
  4. lie in
  5. lie in ambush
  6. lie in honor
  7. lie in one's throat
  8. lie in repose
  9. lie in state
  10. lie in the bed one has made
  11. lie in the way

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