LIE
\lˈa͡ɪ], \lˈaɪ], \l_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of LIE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
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position or manner in which something is situated
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Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
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tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
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be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
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assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
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be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
By Princeton University
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originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
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position or manner in which something is situated
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Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
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tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
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be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
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assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
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be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
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A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
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Anything which misleads or disappoints.
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To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
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To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
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To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
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To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
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To lodge; to sleep.
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To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
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The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
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To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; - with in.
By Oddity Software
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A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
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A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
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Anything which misleads or disappoints.
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To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
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To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
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To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
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To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
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To lodge; to sleep.
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To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
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The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
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To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; - with in.
By Noah Webster.
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To rest in a reclining position; to take such a position; rest or remain; be situated or placed.
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To speak a falsehood.
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A faleshood.
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Lay.
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Lain.
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Lying.
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Lied,.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Anything meant to deceive: an intentional violation of truth: anything that misleads.
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To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive: to make a false representation:-pr.p. lying; pa.t. and pa.p. lied.
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To rest in a reclining posture: to lean: to press upon: to be situated: to abide: to consist: (law) to be sustainable:-pr.p. lying; pa.t. lay; pa.p. lain, (B.) lien.
By Daniel Lyons
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An intentional falsehood; deception.
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To rest horizontally, lean, be situated, consist.
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To utter falsehood.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To rest or lay oneself down at full length; sleep; lodge; abide.
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To utter falsehood; give a deceitful impression.
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An untruth; falsehood.
By James Champlin Fernald
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