Meaning

2 senses
  1. (UK)A period spent lying in bed for longer than usual after one has woken up.

    Since I didn't have to go to work, I decided to have a lie-in.

  2. A form of protest where a group of people lie down in a public area.

More definitions
  • a long stay in bed in the morning

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Deverbal from lie in. From lie + -in, modelled after sit-in, etc.

Deverbal from lie in.

From lie + -in, modelled after sit-in, etc.

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Forms

plural: lie-ins
Singularlie-in
Plurallie-ins

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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