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Meaning of LIE in English

See Lye.

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    Meaning of LIE in English

    • See Lye.
    • A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
    • A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
    • Anything which misleads or disappoints.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
    • To lodge; to sleep.
    • To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
    • To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
    • The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.

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