lain up

verb

past participle of lie up
as in dropped off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lain up
  1. slept
  2. nodded
  3. turned in
  4. rested
  5. dozed
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  • Wardlaw, a homeless man who prosecutors said frequently slept on the Greenbelt and believed people on scooters were after him, was held in custody without bond.
    — Carolyn Komatsoulis Updated July 13, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
  • Irving may have been influenced by German folktales about a man who slept for 20 years, or European stories of terrifying headless riders, but these stories were set in rural New York state, with a distinctly American voice and references.
    — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
Definition of slept
Verb
  • Simpson nodded to the political difficulties of tackling immigration issues during a press conference in late June.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026
  • Hearn nodded when the clerk read him his charges and appeared stoic.
    — Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of nodded
Verb
  • Old and new De La Rosa turned in her orange and left her role as an official housewife after the second season in 2007.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
  • The longtime anchor turned in-house animal advocate revealed she is laid up, with not one but two hernias.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Definition of turned in
Verb
  • Those results meant Norway had already qualified for the knockout stages, so rested 10 players as they were beaten 4-1 by France in their final group match.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • America’s strength has always rested on defending constitutional rights consistently, not selectively.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
Definition of rested
Verb
  • The toothless man nodded, and the fat woman dozed.
    — Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The couple dozed like babies in the leaves—that cry, that wail, had become their sleep trigger.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of dozed
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