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[lahy-ing] /ˈlaɪ ɪŋ/

noun
1.
the telling of , or false statements; untruthfulness:
From boyhood, he has never been good at lying.
Synonyms: falsehood, falsity, mendacity, prevarication.
Antonyms: truth, veracity.
adjective
2.
telling or containing lies; deliberately untruthful; deceitful; false:
a lying report.
Synonyms: deceptive, misleading, mendacious, fallacious; sham, counterfeit.
Antonyms: true, candid, actual, correct, accurate, trustworthy.
[lahy-ing] /ˈlaɪ ɪŋ/
verb
1.
present participle of 2 .
[lahy] /laɪ/
noun
1.
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
2.
something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture:
His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.
3.
an inaccurate or false statement; a falsehood.
4.
the charge or accusation of telling a lie:
He flung the lie back at his accusers.
verb (used without object), lied, lying.
5.
to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive.
Synonyms: prevaricate, fib.
6.
to express what is false; convey a false impression.
verb (used with object), lied, lying.
7.
to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively):
to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
Idioms
8.
give the lie to,

9.
lie in one’s throat / teeth, to lie grossly or maliciously:
If she told you exactly the opposite of what she told me, she must be lying in her teeth.
Also, lie through one’s teeth.
[lahy] /laɪ/
verb (used without object), lay, lain, lying.
1.
to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline.
Antonyms: stand.
2.
(of objects) to rest in a horizontal or flat position:
The book lies on the table.
Antonyms: stand.
3.
to be or remain in a position or state of inactivity, subjection, restraint, concealment, etc.:
to lie in ambush.
4.
to rest, press, or weigh (usually followed by on or upon):
These things lie upon my mind.
5.
to depend (usually followed by on or upon).
6.
to be placed or situated:
land lying along the coast.
7.
to be stretched out or extended:
the broad plain that lies before us.
8.
to be in or have a specified direction; extend:
The trail from here lies to the west.
9.
to be found or located in a particular area or place:
The fault lies here.
10.
to consist or be grounded (usually followed by in):
The real remedy lies in education.
11.
to be buried in a particular spot:
Their ancestors lie in the family plot.
12.
Law. to be sustainable or admissible, as an action or appeal.
13.
Archaic. to lodge; stay the night; sojourn.
noun
14.
the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies:
the lie of the patio, facing the water.
Synonyms: place, location, site.
15.
the haunt or covert of an animal.
16.
Golf. the position of the ball relative to how easy or how difficult it is to play.
Verb phrases
17.
lie by,

18.
lie down, to assume a horizontal or prostrate position, as for the purpose of resting.
19.
lie in,

20.
lie over, to be postponed for attention or action at some future time:
The other business on the agenda will have to lie over until the next meeting.
21.
lie up,

22.
lie with,

Idioms
23.
lie down on the job, Informal. to do less than one could or should do; shirk one’s obligations.
24.
lie in state. (def 24).
25.
lie low. 1 (def 51).
26.
lie to, Nautical. (of a ship) to lie comparatively stationary, usually with the head as near the wind as possible.
27.
take lying down, to hear or yield without protest, contradiction, or resistance:
I refuse to take such an insult lying down.
/ˈlaɪɪŋ/
verb
1.
the present participle and gerund of lie1
/ˈlaɪɪŋ/
verb
1.
the present participle and gerund of lie2
/laɪ/
verb lies, lying, lied
1.
(intransitive) to speak untruthfully with intent to mislead or deceive
2.
(intransitive) to convey a false impression or practise deception: the camera does not lie
noun
3.
an untrue or deceptive statement deliberately used to mislead
4.
something that is deliberately intended to deceive
5.
give the lie to

/laɪ/
verb (intransitive) lies, lying, lay (leɪ), lain (leɪn)
1.
(often foll by down) to place oneself or be in a prostrate position, horizontal to the ground
2.
to be situated, esp on a horizontal surface: the pencil is lying on the desk, India lies to the south of Russia
3.
to be buried: here lies Jane Brown
4.
(copula) to be and remain (in a particular state or condition): to lie dormant
5.
to stretch or extend: the city lies before us
6.
usually foll by on or upon. to rest or weigh: my sins lie heavily on my mind
7.
(usually foll by in) to exist or consist inherently: strength lies in unity
8.
(foll by with)

9.
(of an action, claim, appeal, etc) to subsist; be maintainable or admissible
10.
(archaic) to stay temporarily
11.
lie in state, See state (sense 13)
12.
lie low

noun
13.
the manner, place, or style in which something is situated
14.
the hiding place or lair of an animal
15.
(golf)

16.
lie of the land

/liː/
noun
1.
Trygve Halvdan (ˈtryɡvə ˈhalðan). 1896–1968, Norwegian statesman; first secretary-general of the United Nations (1946–52)
n.

early 13c., action of lie (v.2) “to recline.” Lying-in “being in childbed” is attested from mid-15c.

c.1300 (n.), action of lie (v.1) “to tell an untruth.” As a past participle adjective, from 1530s.
v.

“speak falsely, tell an untruth,” late 12c., from Old English legan, ligan, earlier leogan “deceive, belie, betray” (class II strong verb; past tense leag, past participle logen), from Proto-Germanic *leugan (cf. Old Norse ljuga, Danish lyve, Old Frisian liaga, Old Saxon and Old High German liogan, German lügen, Gothic liugan), from PIE root *leugh- “to tell a lie.”

“rest horizontally,” early 12c., from Old English licgan (class V strong verb; past tense læg, past participle legen) “be situated, reamin; be at rest, lie down,” from Proto-Germanic *legjanan (cf. Old Norse liggja, Old Frisian lidzia, Middle Dutch ligghen, Dutch liggen, Old High German ligen, German liegen, Gothic ligan), from PIE *legh- “to lie, lay” (cf. Hittite laggari “falls, lies,” Greek lekhesthai “to lie down,” Latin lectus “bed,” Old Church Slavonic lego “to lie down,” Lithuanian at-lagai “fallow land,” Old Irish laigim “I lie down,” Irish luighe “couch, grave”). To lie with “have sexual intercourse” is from c.1300, and cf. Old English licgan mid “cohabit with.” To take (something) lying down “passively, submissively” is from 1854.
n.

“an untruth,” Old English lyge “lie, falsehood,” from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (cf. Old Norse lygi, Danish løgn, Old Frisian leyne (fem.), Dutch leugen (fem.), Old High German lugi, German Lüge, Gothic liugn “a lie”), from the root of lie (v.1). To give the lie to “accuse directly of lying” is attested from 1590s. Lie-detector first recorded 1909.

“manner of lying,” 1690s, from lie (v.2). Sense in golf is from 1857.

lie (lī)
n.
The manner or position in which something is situated, especially the relation that the long axis of a fetus bears to that of its mother.

Related Terms

the big lie, a pack of lies

an intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10; Rev. 21:27; 22:15). Mention is made of the lies told by good men, as by Abraham (Gen. 12:12, 13; 20:2), Isaac (26:7), and Jacob (27:24); also by the Hebrew midwives (Ex. 1:15-19), by Michal (1 Sam. 19:14), and by David (1 Sam. 20:6). (See ANANIAS.)