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Lie   /laɪ/   Listen
Lie

verb
(in the sense of being located: past lay; past part. lain, obs. lien; pres. part. lying)  (in the sense of telling an untruth: past & past part. lied; pres. part. lying)
1.
Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position.
2.
Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.  "The books are lying on the shelf"  Antonyms: sit, stand.
3.
Originate (in).  Synonyms: consist, dwell, lie in.
4.
Be and remain in a particular state or condition.
5.
Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.  "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
6.
Have a place in relation to something else.  Synonym: rest.  "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
7.
Assume a reclining position.  Synonym: lie down.  Antonym: arise.
noun
1.
A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.  Synonym: prevarication.
2.
Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968).  Synonyms: Trygve Halvden Lie, Trygve Lie.
3.
Position or manner in which something is situated.



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"Lie" Quotes from Famous Books



... craterium means a small crater; hence the translation is a burned-out crater, which will appear to the student as a very appropriate name. It is a very common and conspicuous Ascomycetous, or cup fungus, growing in clusters on rotten sticks that lie in moist places. When the plants first appear they are small, black stems with scarcely any evidence of a cup. In a short time the end of the stem shows evidence of enlargement, showing lines of separation on the top. It soon opens and we have the cup as you see it in Figure 438. The hymenium, ...
— The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise - Its Habitat and its Time of Growth • M. E. Hard

... carries the helpless love that had been clad in purple, and couched in eider, and pampered with bonny cats, and served in gold, to Pride, and asks, "Stern master, what shall I do with this now?" the answer will be, "Strip it of its silken fooleries,—let it lie on the ground, the broad bosom of its honest, hearty mother,—teach it the wholesomeness of brown bread and cresses, fairly earned, and water from the spring,—and let it wait on itself, and wait for the rest!" ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, Issue 12, October, 1858 • Various

... no means of getting at any evidence on this part of the subject which can be trusted. In no part of England did the towns occupy a more important position relatively to the rest of the population. In no part of England did three such important towns as Lynn, Yarmouth, and Norwich, lie within so short a distance of one another, not to mention others which were then rising in the number and consideration of their inhabitants. But the statements made of the mortality in the towns will not bear examination—they represent mere guesses, nothing more. This, however, may ...
— The Coming of the Friars • Augustus Jessopp

... come, to say I desire very much your portrait where you are grinning, like you say. I love much the grinning godfather. I will place you above my bed, under the branch of blessed box. My Papa is there also, and I embrace him all the nights, before I lie down. ...
— Deer Godchild • Marguerite Bernard and Edith Serrell

... Upon exactly parallel lines lie the references to causality in the controversy. In the physical realm events may recur, but in the mental realm the same thing can never happen again because we are living in real, flowing time, or la duree, and our conscious states are changing. Admitting that there is that in experience ...
— Bergson and His Philosophy • J. Alexander Gunn


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