lie along

verb

To lie flat; to be extended at full length.

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Meanings

verblie along (third-person singular simple present lies along, present participle lying along, simple past lay along, past participle lain along)

present singular third person lies along · participle present lying along · past lay along · participle past lain along

  1. obsoleteTo 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
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