lie1
- 1) verb, to speak untruthfully with intent to mislead or deceive
- 2) verb, to convey a false impression or practise deception
- 3) noun, an untrue or deceptive statement deliberately used to mislead
- 4) noun, something that is deliberately intended to deceive
- 5) noun, give the lie to a) to disprove b) to accuse of lying ▷ See also mendacious
Etymology
Old English lyge (n), lēogan (vb); related to Old High German liogan, Gothic liugan
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
lie2
- 1) verb, to place oneself or be in a prostrate position, horizontal to the ground
- 2) verb, to be situated, esp on a horizontal surface
- 3) verb, to be buried
- 4) verb, to be and remain (in a particular state or condition)
- 5) verb, to stretch or extend
- 6) verb, to rest or weigh
- 7) verb, to exist or consist inherently
- 8) verb, a) to be or rest (with) b) to have sexual intercourse (with)
- 9) verb, (of an action, claim, appeal, etc) to subsist; be maintainable or admissible
- 10) verb, to stay temporarily
- 11) verb, lie in state. See state
- 12) verb, lie low a) to keep or be concealed or quiet b) to wait for a favourable opportunity
- 13) noun, the manner, place, or style in which something is situated
- 14) noun, the hiding place or lair of an animal
- 15) noun, golf a) the position of the ball after a shot b) the angle made by the shaft of the club before the upswing
- 16) noun, lie of the land a) the topography of the land b) the way in which a situation is developing or people are behaving ▷ See also lie down ▷ See also, lie in ▷ See also, lie to ▷ See also, lie up
Etymology
Old English licgan akin to Old High German ligen to lie, Latin lectus bed
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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falsehood, deceit, fabricate, fib, fiction, invention, deception, untruth, porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), white lie, prevaricate, falsity, mendacity, fib, fabricate, invent, misrepresent, falsify, prevaricate, perjure, equivocate, dissimulate, recline, rest, lounge, couch, sprawl, loll, repose, be, rest, exist, extend, sit, exist, consist, dwell, reside, pertain, inhere, remain, rest, be, belong, weigh, press, rest, burden, oppress, give the lie to something disprove, expose, discredit, contradict, refute, negate, invalidate, rebut, controvert, confute