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- Dictionarylie/lʌɪ/
verb
- 1. (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface: "the body lay face downwards on the grass" Similar Opposite
- 2. be, remain, or be kept in a specified state: "the abbey lies in ruins today"
noun
- 1. the way, direction, or position in which something lies: "he was familiarizing himself with the lie of the streets"
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The meaning of LIE is to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position : be prostrate : rest, recline. How to use lie in a sentence. Lay vs. Lie: Usage Guide Synonym Discussion of Lie.
to be in or move into a horizontal position on a surface: to lie in bed. to lie on a beach. to lie on your side. A cat lay in front of the fire. He lies awake at night, worrying. A pen lay on the desk. B1 [ I + adv/prep, L ] present participle lying | past tense lay | past participle lain.
noun. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth. Synonyms: prevarication. Antonyms: truth. something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one. an inaccurate or untrue statement; falsehood:
When you don't tell the truth, you lie. You also lie down when you're sleepy and wonder what lies ahead of you. If we leave aside the lie that is an untruth, most meanings of lie are related. If something lies ahead of us, then it's there, down the road, waiting for us.
vb ( intr) , lies, lying, lay ( leɪ) or lain ( leɪn) 1. ( often foll by down) to place oneself or be in a prostrate position, horizontal to the ground. 2. to be situated, esp on a horizontal surface: the pencil is lying on the desk; India lies to the south of Russia. 3. to be buried: here lies Jane Brown.
verb Word forms: lies, lying, lied (intransitive) 1. to speak untruthfully with intent to mislead or deceive. 2. to convey a false impression or practise deception. the camera does not lie. noun. 3. an untrue or deceptive statement deliberately used to mislead.
1. intransitive verb. If you are lying somewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting. There was a child lying on the ground. Synonyms: recline, rest, lounge, couch More Synonyms of lie. 2. intransitive verb. If an object lies in a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place.
lie to say or write something that you know is not true: He lied about his age. Don't lie to me. trick to make someone believe something that is not true, especially in a skillful way, in order to get what you want: She tricked him into handing over all his savings.
What does the noun lie mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun lie . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Lie definition: To be or place oneself at rest in a flat, horizontal, or recumbent position; recline.
