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lying along

lying along is the present participle and gerund 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 lying along

What is lying along the present participle and gerund of?
Lying along is the present participle and gerund of lie along.

Words near lying along in the dictionary

  1. Lyhne
  2. lyin'
  3. lying
  4. lying above
  5. lying ahead
  6. lying along
  7. lying around
  8. lying at someone's door
  9. lying at someone's heart
  10. lying back
  11. lying back and thinking of England

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