- verblie (verb) · lies (third person present) · lay (past tense) · lying (present participle) · lain (past participle)
- (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:"the man lay face downward on the grass" · "I had to lie down for two hours because I was groggy" · "Lily lay back on the pillows and watched him"
- (of a thing) rest flat on a surface:"a book lay open on the table"
- (of a dead person) be buried in a particular place:"his body lies in a crypt" · "his epitaph reads “Here lies Garcia, King of Galicia and Portugal”"
- be, remain, or be kept in a specified state:"the church lies in ruins today" · "putting homeless families into apartments that would otherwise lie empty"
- (of something abstract) reside or be found:"the solution lies in a return to “traditional family values.”"
- (of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction:"the small town of Swampscott lies about ten miles north of Boston"
- (of a scene) extend from the observer's viewpoint in a specified direction:"stand here, and all of Amsterdam lies before you"
- law(of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable:"an action for restitution would lie for money paid in breach of the law"
noun(the lie)lie (noun) · lies (plural noun)- the way, direction, or position in which something lies:"he was familiarizing himself with the lie of the streets"
- golfthe position in which a golf ball comes to rest, especially as regards the ease of the next shot:"the lie, in deep rough on a bank, was not good"
- the lair or place of cover of an animal.
OriginOld English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed’.nounlie (noun) · lies (plural noun)- an intentionally false statement:"the whole thing is a pack of lies" · "Mungo felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie"
- used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression:"all their married life she had been living a lie"
verblie (verb) · lies (third person present) · lied (past tense) · lied (past participle) · lying (present participle)- tell a lie or lies:"why had Wesley lied about his visit to Philadelphia?" · "“I am sixty-five,” she lied"
- (lie one's way into/out of)get oneself into or out of a situation by lying:"you lied your way on to this voyage by implying you were an experienced sailor"
- (of a thing) present a false impression; be deceptive:"the camera cannot lie"
OriginOld English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:
- (of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction:
nounverb- tell a lie or lies:say something untruetell an untruthtell a lietell a falsehoodinvent a storymake up a storybear false witnesstell a white liestretch the truthperjure oneselfcommit perjuryforswear oneselfbe forsworndepart from the truthlead astraythrow off the scentsend on a wild goose chaseput on the wrong tracktell a terminological inexactitude
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- Telling of lies or false statementsLearn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Lying definition, the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness: From boyhood, he has never been good at lying.www.dictionary.com/browse/lyingThe Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines lying the following way: “to make an untrue statement with intent to deceive.” This definition is very similar to definitions of lying found in other dictionaries and well-regarded sources, so I’ll refer to it as the common definition.www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-nature-of-d…A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving or misleading someone.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lielying 1 of 2 adjective ly·ing ˈlī-iŋ Synonyms of lying : marked by or containing untrue statements : falsewww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lying
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