lie
verbEtymology
From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Cognates Cognate with Yola lee, lidge (“to lie”), leigh, leiough (“to idle”), North Frisian lade, lai, laie, lei, lii, läde, läie (“to lie; to lay”), Saterland Frisian lääse (“to lie; to lay”), West Frisian lizze (“to lie”), Alemannic German ligge (“to lie”), Central Franconian lijje (“to lie”), Dutch and Dutch Low Saxon liggen (“to lie”), German liegen (“to lie”), German Low German ligge, liggen (“to lie”), Luxembourgish leien (“to lie”), Yiddish ליגן (lign, “to lie”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge (“to lie”), Faroese and Icelandic liggja (“to lie”), Norwegian Nynorsk ligge, liggja, liggje (“to lie”), Swedish ligga (“to lie”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan, “to lie, to rest”); and with Irish laigh, luigh (“to lie”), Manx lhie (“lie; lay”), Scottish Gaelic laigh (“lie; lay”), Faliscan 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌕 (lecet, “he lies down”), Latin lectus (“bed”), South Picene 𐌅𐌄𐌉𐌀𐌕 (veiat, “to lie”), Ancient Greek λέχομαι (lékhomai, “to lie down”), Albanian lag (“band, encampment, troop”), Belarusian ляжа́ць (ljažácʹ, “to lie”), Bulgarian лежа́ (ležá, “to lie”), Czech ležet (“to lie”), Macedonian лежи (leži, “to lie”), Polish leżeć (“to lie”), Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ, “to lie”), Serbo-Croatian лѐжати, lèžati (“to lie”), Slovene ležáti (“to lie”), Ukrainian лежа́ти (ležáty, “to lie”), Tocharian B lyäk- (“to lie”). As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.
Definitions
To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
- Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.
- Though ye haue lien among the pots, yet shall yee bee as the wings of a doue, couered with siluer, and her feathers with yellow gold.
To be placed or situated.
- Ying-yang county lies 70 li southwest of the modern Teng-feng county, Honan.
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
To abide
To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; 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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Used with in
Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.
- He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.
Used with with
Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.
Used with on/upon
Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
To lodge
To lodge; to sleep.
- While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, […] where I lay one night only.
- Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- The Wind is lowd, and will not lie till the Ship be cleard of the dead.
To be sustainable
To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- An appeal lies in this case from the ordinary to the arches.
The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
The position of a fetus in the womb.
A manner of lying
A manner of lying; relative position.
An animal's lair.
To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
- If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
- Don't lie to me!
To convey a false image or impression.
- Photographs often lie.
To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
- Well, he was up in Wyoming / And drew a bull no man could ride / He promised her he'd turn out / Well, it turned out that he lied
An intentionally false statement
An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
- Man everywhere is the born enemy of lies.
A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
Anything that misleads or disappoints.
- Wishing this lie of life was o'er.
- The cake is a lie.
A liar
A liar; a dishonest person.
Initialism of Long Island Expressway (“I-495”).
A Norwegian surname.
- It won’t be long now before Miss Lie starts finding out. The U. N. finally has agreed on a man to take over Trygve Lie’s title and woes. Some time in May the Lies will be packed and Oslo-bound—most of the Lies, that is, not Guri.
The neighborhood
- synonymalternative fact
- synonymanti-fact
- synonyminvention
- synonymbluff
- synonymbollocks
- synonymbullshit
- synonymcanard
- synonymcap
- synonymchin
- synonymclanker
- synonymcontradiction
- synonymcram
- antonymfact
- antonymtruth
- antonymverity
- neighborlay
- neighbora corresponding transitive version of this word
- neighborlees
- neighborlier
- neighborthe cake is a lie
- neighborcry wolf
- neighborgive the lie to
- neighbora lie has no legs
- neighborlie through one's teeth
- neighborI tell a lie
- neighbordecoy
- neighborfake
Derived
beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, butter one's bread and lie in it, deep-lying, devil lies in the details, forelie, forlie, here lies, if you lie with dogs you will get fleas, interlie, let lie, let sleeping dogs lie, let the sleeping dogs lie, lie above, lie ahead, lie around, lie at one's door, lie at one's heart, lie at someone's door, lie at someone's heart, lie back, lie before, lie behind, lie by, lie doggo, lie down, lie ill in one's mouth, lie in, lie-in, lie in ambush, lie in honor, lie in repose, lie in state, lie in the bed one has made, lie in the way, lie in wait, lie low, lie off, lie on the oars, lie-over, lie over · +72 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at lie. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at lie. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at lie
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA