Lie
[laɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
(noun.) position or manner in which something is situated.
(noun.) Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968).
(verb.) tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; 'Don't lie to your parents'; 'She lied when she told me she was only 29'.
(verb.) be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; 'The sick man lay in bed all day'; 'the books are lying on the shelf'.
(verb.) be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position.
(verb.) have a place in relation to something else; 'The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West'; 'The responsibility rests with the Allies'.
(verb.) be and remain in a particular state or condition; 'lie dormant'.
Checker: Shari--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) See Lye.
(n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
(n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
(n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.
(v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
(adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
(adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
(adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
(adj.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
(adj.) To lodge; to sleep.
(adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
(adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
(n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
Typist: Shane
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fib, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, SUGGESTIO FALSI (suggestion of what is false), SUPPRESSIO VERI (suppression of what is true).
v. n. [1]. Falsify, FIB, tell a lie.[2]. Recline, lie, couch, lie down, be prostrate, be recumbent.[3]. Be placed, be laid.[4]. Be, rest, remain.[5]. Be situated, be located.[6]. Consist.[7]. (Law.) Be sustainable.
Edited by Caleb
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Falsehood, untruth, fabrication, subterfuge, evasion, fib, fiction, falsity
ANT:Truth, fact, veracity
SYN:Rest, repose, be, remain
ANT:Rise, move, stir
Checked by Aida
Definition
n. anything meant to deceive: an intentional violation of truth: anything that misleads.—v.i. to utter falsehood with an intention to deceive: to make a false representation:—pr.p. ly′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. lied.—Lie in one's throat to lie shamelessly; Lie out of whole cloth to lie without any foundation whatever; Give the lie to to charge with falsehood; White lie a conventional phrase not strictly true: a well-meant falsehood.
v.i. to rest in a reclining posture: to lean: to press upon: to be situated: to abide: to consist: (law) to be sustainable: (Shak.) to be imprisoned: to lodge pass the night:—pr.p. ly′ing; pa.t. lay; pa.p. lain (B.) lī′en.—n. manner of lying: relative position: an animal's lair: (golf) position of the ball for striking.—ns. Lī′er Lie′-abed′ one who lies late—also adj.—Lie along to be extended at full length; Lie at one's door to be directly imputable to one; Lie at one's heart to be an object of interest or affection to one; Lie by to take rest from labour: (Shak.) to be under the charge of; Lie hard or heavy on upon (Shak.) to to oppress burden; Lie in to be in childbed; Lie in one to be in one's power; Lie in the way to be ready at hand: to be an obstacle; Lie in wait to lie in ambush; Lie low to conceal one's actions or intentions; Lie on upon to be incumbent on; Lie on the hands to remain unused or unoccupied; Lie over to be deferred to a future occasion; Lie to to be checked in sailing; Lie under to be subject to or oppressed by; Lie up to abstain from work; Lie with to lodge or sleep with: to have carnal knowledge of; Lying-in hospital a hospital for those about to become mothers.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A very poor substitute for the truth but the only one discovered up to date.
Typed by Debora
Examples
- They said we would lie as well as at a hotel. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The true lie is hated not only by the gods, but also by men? Plato. The Republic.
- You will excuse her not coming to youshe is not ableshe is gone into her own roomI want her to lie down upon the bed. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, bless the bed that I lie on; four angels guard-- Hold your tongue. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Kate took out her sketch again, and Margaret watched her, while Mr. Brooke lay on the grass with a book, which he did not read. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Their headquarters lay in the southwest corner of this district, near the crossing of two of the so-called Martian canals. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She brought him some milk, and he drank of it gratefully and lay down again, to forget in pleasant dreams his lost battle and his humbled pride. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- After this strange speech, she lay silent for some time. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yes; there it lies on its side, dried up; except for its plumage, very like myself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To the eastward lies the Valley of the Jordan and beyond it the mountains of Gilead. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There lies the inexplicable part of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The same notion lies imbedded in the phrase: government must serve the people. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A horn-handled clasp knife was lying in a pool of blood beside him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am sufficiently well off to keep a hundred and fifty ton steam yacht, which is at present lying at Southampton, ready to start when I wish. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I thought of myself, lying here, when that first great change was being wrought at home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In a moment they saw him, and then me; but scarcely had they discovered me than I commenced firing, lying flat upon my belly in the moss. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Robert Jordan looked away from the man lying with his head doubled under on the road to the bridge, and the sentry box at the other end. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Of course, I lied: it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I lied and said no, we had two boys and two girls. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I don't know, he lied. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He lied, putting aside disappointment. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I have escaped from worse plights than this, and I tried to smile as I lied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- There was a cry and a rush to rescue, but the right hand which all this while had lain hidden in Moore's breast, reappearing, held out a pistol. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We had lain in hay and talked and shot sparrows with an air-rifle when they perched in the triangle cut high up in the wall of the barn. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He has lain down once too often. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was the first time I had ever lain down to rest in Satis House, and sleep refused to come near me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He had lain in a pile of straw in his sweat-soaked clothes and wound a blanket around him while he dried. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Murray