lie waste

verb

to be desolate, to be a wasteland

“the site has lain waste since the factory was demolished”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. intransitiveto be desolate, to be a wasteland

    the site has lain waste since the factory was demolished

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lie waste,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lie%20waste.

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