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    lie
    [lī]
    verb
    lie (verb) · lies (third person present) · lay (past tense) · lying (present participle) · lain (past participle)
    1. (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”"
    2. 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.”"
    3. (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"
    4. 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)
    1. the way, direction, or position in which something lies:
      "he was familiarizing himself with the lie of the streets"
      • golf
        the 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.
    Origin
    Old 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’.
    lie
    [lī]
    noun
    lie (noun) · lies (plural noun)
    1. 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"
    verb
    lie (verb) · lies (third person present) · lied (past tense) · lied (past participle) · lying (present participle)
    1. 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"
    Origin
    Old English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen.
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    verb
    1. (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:
      lie down
      lie back
      be recumbent
      be prostrate
      be supine
      be prone
      be stretched out
      stretch oneself out
      Opposite:
      • (of a thing) rest flat on a surface:
        be placed
        be set
        be situated
        be positioned
      • (of a dead person) be buried in a particular place:
        be buried
        be interred
        be laid to rest
        be entombed
        be inhumed
        be sepulchered
    2. (of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction:
      be situated
      be located
      be placed
      be positioned
      be found
      be sited
      be established
      noun
      1. an intentionally false statement:
        Opposite:
        verb
        1. tell a lie or lies:
          say something untrue
          tell an untruth
          tell a lie
          tell a falsehood
          invent a story
          make up a story
          bear false witness
          tell a white lie
          stretch the truth
          perjure oneself
          commit perjury
          forswear oneself
          be forsworn
          depart from the truth
          lead astray
          throw off the scent
          send on a wild goose chase
          put on the wrong track
          tell a terminological inexactitude
          Opposite:
          tell the truth
           
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