LAIN

Definitions: LAIN

LAIN

Past participle

1. Of Lie

2. Of Lie, v. i.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "LAIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Artlessness

Adjective: artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive; sincere, frank; open, open as day; candid, ingenuous, guileless; unsuspicious, honest; innocent; Arcadian; undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard; simple-minded, single-minded; frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.

Crosswords: LAIN

Indonesian (else, other).

We've lain a gala reception for your fair-haired boys tonight; all of Twin Peaks' best and brightest. (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones)

Lain mukaan (1956)

Serial Experiments: Lain (1998)

Lain ulkopuolella (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• CONSTRUCCIONES LAIN S.A.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

• Joyce Lain Kennedy's Career Book (3rd) (reference)

• Lain Grammar For Schools and Colleges (Notable American Authors) (reference)

• Lain Omnipresence In Wired (Japanese Language Text) (reference)

• OBRASCON HUARTE LAIN SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Serial Experiments Lain - Boxed Set (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Ballad of Chasey Lain [Germany #2] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

How the delicacy, the discretion of his favourite could have been so lain asleep!

At the pause in the chain of hands her hand had lain in his an instant, a soft merchandise.

As I saw no manure, I judged that they meant to skim the land, as I had done, thinking the soil was deep and had lain fallow long enough.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Eq. Guinea

A U.S. soft drink bottling plant in Malabo has lain dormant for over a decade now. (references)

Estonia

These moves created the economic foundation for the Estonian national cultural awakening that had lain dormant for some 600 years of foreign rule. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "LAIN": be lain. Additional references.

Beginning with "LAIN": lain-out.

Ending with "LAIN": chap-lain.

Bulgarian 

лежа (couch, lie, lie down, range, repose, rest, set, sit). (various references)

Chinese 

说谎 (lied, lying). (various references)

Farsi 

قشرزمین . (various references)

French

posé (air landed, laid), allongé. (various references)

German

liegen (be, be laid up, be located, be recumbent, be situated, fall, hang, lie, lie on its side, point, recline, recumbency, rest, stand, to lie (lay), lügen (belie, fib, lie, tell a lie, to lie (lied). (various references)

Greek 

αόρ. του lie. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"ז�"ין (arm oneself, be lain, take up arms). (various references)

Hungarian

vesztegel (lay, to be at a stand, to lie, to lie to), horgonyoz (anchor, lay, to lie, to lie at anchor), hever (lay, lie, to lie), fekszik (lay, lie, recline, stand, to be down, to couch, to lie, to pillow, to range, to recline, to repose, to take a nap). (various references)

Korean 

속이�" (lied, Tricked). (various references)

Pig Latin

ainlay.(various references)

Romanian

participiu trecut de la lie. (various references)

Russian 

от lie, лежать (couch, lie, recline, repose, rest). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

particip proš. od lie. (various references)

Spanish

pp de lie. (various references)

Thai

คำกริยาช่องที่ 3 ของคำกริยา lie. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "LAIN": blain, bromelain, chamberlain, chaplain, chatelain, chilblain, complain, elain, explain, floodplain, mislain, outlain, overexplain, overlain, peneplain, plain, porcelain, semiporcelain, slain, superlain, underlain, villain. (additional references)

Words containing "LAIN": blains, bromelains, chamberlains, chaplaincies, chaplaincy, chaplains, chatelaine, chatelaines, chatelains, chilblains, complainant, complainants, complained, complainer, complainers, complaining, complainingly, complains, complaint, complaints, countercomplaint, countercomplaints, cupolaing, delaine, delaines, elains, explainable, explained, explainer, explainers, explaining, explains, floodplains, hollaing, inexplainable, overexplained, overexplaining, overexplains, peneplains, plainchant, plainchants, plainclothes, plainclothesman, plainclothesmen, plained, plainer, plainest, plaining, plainly, plainness, plainnesses, plains, plainsman, plainsmen, plainsong, plainsongs, plainspoken, plainspokenness, plainspokennesses, plaint, plaintext, plaintexts, plaintful, plaintiff, plaintiffs, plaintive, plaintively, plaintiveness, plaintivenesses, plaints, porcelainize, porcelainized, porcelainizes, porcelainizing, porcelainlike, porcelains, semiporcelains, slainte, umbrellaing, uncomplaining, uncomplainingly, unexplainable, unexplained, villainess, villainesses, villainies, villainous, villainously, villainousness, villainousnesses, villains, villainy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"LAIN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alain, alfin, alih, alin, alina, Alinak, clain, eain, glain, iaian, ilian, labin, labine, labion, laen, lagin, Lahn, lai, Laia, laib, laidn, laif, laih, laik, Laim, Laina, laine, laing, laini, lains, laint, lairn, laiu, laiw, laix, laiy, laiz, lamin, lamn, lan, lania, Lanino, lanj, laon, Larin, latin, latina, lauan, laui, laun, laung, lavin, laxin, layne, layon, Lazim, lein, lenia, leyn, lia, liadin, lian, liang, Liani, liano, liant, liasn, licin, liin, lijn, lina, lini, Lixin, Liyun, Llani, loind, lraqi, ltin, luni, lutin, luvin, Lyalin, lyin, nain, tlian, vlain, yain. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: anil, nail.

-1 letter: ail, ain, ani, lin, nil.

-2 letters: ai, al, an, in, la, li, na.

+1 letter: algin, alien, align, aline, aloin, anile, anils, anvil, binal, blain, elain, final, inlay, lanai, lapin, liana, liane, liang, ligan, liman, linac, linga, nails, nidal, nival, plain, slain, snail, vinal.

+2 letters: ablins, agnail, ailing, alanin, albino, aldrin, alevin, alexin, algins, aliens, aligns, alined, aliner, alines, alkine, alnico, aloins, alpine, alumin, alumni, alvine, anilin, animal, annuli, anvils, baling, blains, calkin, caplin, carlin, catlin, clinal, denial, elains, entail, eolian, finale, finals, finial, flavin, gainly, genial, gingal, haling, hyalin, infall, inhale, inhaul, inlace, inlaid, inland, inlays, instal, inwall, island, jingal, kalian, kaolin, lacing, lading, ladino, laking, lamina, laming, lanais, lapins, larine, lasing, latino, lattin, laving, lawine, lawing, laying, lazing, lianas, lianes, liangs, lienal, ligand, ligans, limans, limina, linacs, linage, lineal, linear, lingam, lingas, lingua, litany, lumina, mainly, malign, maline, malkin, manila, marlin, menial, nailed, nailer, narial, nasial, nilgai, nilgau, oilcan, oilman, paling, paulin, penial, pineal, pinnal, plains, plaint, pliant, ratlin, renail, rhinal, salina, saline, signal, silane, silvan, snails, spinal, talion, tenail, tincal, tineal, trinal, uncial, unlaid, unnail, urinal, vainly, valine, veinal, venial, vinals, vineal, waling, xenial, zanily.

+3 letters: abelian, ablings, aclinic, actinal, acyloin, addling, aeolian, affinal, agnails, aiblins, aileron, ailment, ainsell, airline, alanine, alanins, alation, albinal, albinic, albinos, albumin, aldrins, alevins, alexine, alexins, aliened, alienee, aliener, alienly, alienor, aligned, aligner, aliment, alimony, aliners, alining, aliunde, alkalin, alkines, allicin, allying, alnicos, alpines, alumina, alumine, alumins, alunite, ambling, analgia, anality, ancilla, aneling, angelic, anginal, anglice, angling, angrily, aniline, anilins, anility, animals, anisole, ankling, annelid, anthill, anticly, antiflu, antilog, antlike, antlion, anviled, argling, atingle, bailing, bairnly, balding, balking, balling, basinal, bawling, biplane, bizonal, blaming, blaring, blawing, blazing, cabling, calcine, calking, calkins, calling, calming, calving, cannily, cannoli, capelin, caplins, carinal, carline, carling, carlins, catling, catlins, cauline, cingula, clarion, clawing, claying, coalbin, coaling, conical, cranial, cynical, dandily, darling, dealing, delaine, denials, dialing, diurnal, eanling, elapine, elastin, elating, elation, elysian, encinal, engrail, entails, exilian, explain, fabling, failing, faintly, falling, fancily, fanlike, fantail, fatling, finable, finagle, finales, finalis, finally, finials, finical, flaking, flaming, flaring, flavine, flavins, flawing, flaying, foaling, folacin, gabling, gainful, galenic, gallein, galling, ganglia, gaoling, gelatin, geminal, genital, gingall, gingals, glaring, glazing, gliadin, goaling, graplin, hailing, haloing, halting, halving, handily, hauling, healing, hernial, hobnail, hyaline, hyalins, impanel, implant, inanely, inaptly, incisal, inclasp, incudal, infalls, inflame, inflate, inhaled, inhaler, inhales, inhauls, initial, inlaced, inlaces, inlands, inlayer, inocula, install, instals, insular, intagli, inthral, intimal, inulase, invalid, invital, inwalls, islands, jailing, jalapin, javelin, jawline, jingall, jingals, kalians, kaoline, kaolins, lacings, lacking, laconic, ladings, ladinos, ladling, ladykin, lagging, lairing, lakings, lalling, lambing, lambkin, laminae, laminal, laminar, laminas, lamming, lamping, lampion, lancing, landing, languid, laniard, laniary, lanital, lankier, lankily, lanolin, lapping, lapsing, lapwing, larding, larking, lashing, lashins, lasting, lathing, latinos, latrine, lattins, lauding, lauwine, lawines, lawings, lazying, leading, leafing, leaking, leaning, leaping, leasing, leaving, lesbian, liaison, lianoid, liftman, ligands, limacon, liminal, linable, linages, linalol, lindane, lineage, lineate, lineman, lingams, linguae, lingual, linkage, linkman, linsang, loading, loafing, loaming, loaning, logania, luminal, lunatic, mailing, mailman, mailmen, maligns, malines, malison, malkins, malling, malting, mandril, mangily, manilas, manilla, manille, maniple, manlier, manlike, manlily, marline, marling, marlins, matinal, maudlin, mauling, melanic, melanin, menials, midland, milkman, minable, mineral, minilab, minimal, mislain, misplan, nadiral, nailers, nailing, nailset, naively, nargile, nastily, nattily, nauplii, nautili, nilgais, nilgaus, nilghai, nilghau, nodical, nominal, nuptial, nylghai, oilcans, opaline, ordinal, outlain, paginal, painful, paladin, palings, palling, palming, panicle, pantile, parling, paulins, pealing, pelican, pinball, pineals, pinnula, pintail, pinwale, placing, plained, plainer, plainly, plaints, planing, planish, plasmin, platina, plating, playing, pliancy, pluvian, praline, ptyalin, quinela, quintal, railing, rainily, ralline, ratline, ratlins, ravelin, realign, reginal, relaxin, reliant, renails, retinal, riantly, rimland, ruminal, sailing, saintly, salicin, salient, salinas, salines, salpian, salpinx, saltine, salting, salving, sanicle, sapling, scaleni, scaling, sealing, seminal, signals, silanes, silvans, slainte, slaking, slating, slaving, slaying, snailed, snakily, solanin, spaniel, spinals, spinula, splenia, staling, sundial, tabling, tailfan, tailing, talcing, talions, talking, tawnily, tenails, tincals, toenail, trenail, ulpanim, unagile, unalike, uncials, uncinal, unideal, unnails, unplait, urinals, vaginal, vailing, valiant, valines, valonia, valuing, valving, vanilla, vealing, ventail, vialing, vicinal, villain, viminal, vincula, wailing, walking, walling, wauling, wawling, whaling, yawling, yealing.

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