lie in

See also: lie-in

English

Verb

lie in (third-person singular simple present lies in, present participle lying in, simple past lay in, past participle lain in)

1. (archaic) To be brought to bed in childbirth.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 467:

     he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery.

2. (UK) To stay in bed (longer than usual).

   I've got a day off tomorrow, so I might lie in till about 11.

Derived terms

• lie-in
• lying-in