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lie waste

lie waste verb: to be desolate, to be a wasteland.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to be desolate, to be a wasteland
    • the site has lain waste since the factory was demolished

Forms of lie waste

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

Questions about lie waste

What does lie waste mean?
Lie waste means to be desolate, to be a wasteland.
What part of speech is lie waste?
Lie waste is a verb.
What is the past tense of lie waste?
The past tense of lie waste is lay waste.

Words near lie waste in the dictionary

  1. lie over
  2. lie rough
  3. lie through one's teeth
  4. lie to
  5. lie upon
  6. lie waste
  7. lie with
  8. lie-abed
  9. lie-abeds
  10. lie-beral
  11. lie-berals

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