lie
IPA: ɫˈaɪ
noun
- (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
- An animal's lair.
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
- (by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
- (attributive) A Norwegian surname.
- Initialism of Long Island Expressway (“I-495”).
verb
- (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
- (intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
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Examples of "lie" in Sentences
- A woman should lie and smile.
- The guilt would lie with the entity.
- The differences lie in the software bundle.
- Bodies lie on the sidewalk and in the foyer.
- The Chocolate Mountains lie to the southeast.
- The eugenists used the fake to lie to the public.
- Let lie on the circumference of the circumcircle.
- The camera may not lie, but the paintbrush might lie.
- The copyrights for the translations lie with the translator.
- Socrates argues that the voluntary lie is better than the involuntary lie.
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