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lie |
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lie noun | verb
1 noun •loyalty had made him tell lies:untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, invention, fiction, piece of fiction, falsification | (little) white lie, half-truth, exaggeration | informal tall tale, whopper, taradiddle. ANT truth.▶verb •he lied to the police:tell an untruth, tell a lie, fib, dissemble, dissimulate, misinform, mislead, tell a white lie, perjure oneself, commit perjury, prevaricate | informal lie through one's teeth, stretch the truth | formal forswear oneself.WORD LINKSmendacious telling lies; untruthfulWord Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
2 verb 1.•he was lying on a bed:recline, lie down, lie back, be recumbent, be prostrate, be supine, be prone, be stretched out, sprawl, rest, repose, lounge, loll. ANT stand. 2.•her handbag lay on a chair:be placed, be situated, be positioned, rest. 3.•lying on the border of Switzerland and Austria:be situated, be located, be placed, be found, be sited. 4.•the difficulty lies in building real quality into the products:consist, be inherent, be present, be contained, exist, reside. PHRASES
lie heavy on •keeping these secrets from her family lies heavy on her:trouble, worry, bother, torment, oppress, nag, prey on one's mind, plague, niggle at, gnaw at, haunt | informal bug.
lie low •his family will have to lie low until the trial is over:hide, go into hiding, conceal oneself, keep out of sight, go underground, hide out | informal hole up. USAGE lie While the verb lie, in the sense of telling an untruth, is inflected lie, lied, lied, the senses of reclining, being placed, and being situated are more troublesome: lie, lay, lain. A murderer may lie in wait. Yesterday he lay in wait. And for several days he has lain in wait. Witness, for example: “The Ramseys say an intruder may have lay [read lain ] in wait for hours before killing the 6-year-old beauty queen.” ( Austin American-Statesman; Mar. 18, 2000.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage. |
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