Meaning

1 senses

  1. To be desolate, to be a wasteland

    the site has lain waste since the factory was demolished

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Politicians know nothing else but to lie and waste all the money.

    deDiese Politiker können nichts anderes als immerzu lügen und das ganze Geld verschwenden. — maaster

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  2. The rice field lies waste.

    deDas Reisfeld liegt brach. — Tamy

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Forms

lies waste, lying waste, lay waste, lain waste
Base formlie waste · to lie waste
3rd person singularlies waste
Present participlelying waste
Past simplelay waste
Past participlelain waste

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylie waste
he, she, itlies waste

Past simpleLesson

all personslay waste

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lain waste
he, she, ithas lain waste

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lie waste

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lidB2lieA2lieulieutenantlifeA1
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