Lying
['laɪɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to tell a falsehood.
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to be supported horizontally.
Checked by Bryant
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. False, mendacious, untruthful, untrue.
n. Falsehood.
Editor: Lucius
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mendacious, false, untrue, untruthful
ANT:true, veracious
Typist: Terrence
Definition
adj. addicted to telling lies.—n. the habit of telling lies.—adv. Ly′ingly.
adj. being in a horizontal position.—n. Ly′ing-in the confinement of women during child-bearing—also adj.
Typed by Jared
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are lying to escape punishment, denotes that you will act dishonorably towards some innocent person. Lying to protect a friend from undeserved chastisement, denotes that you will have many unjust criticisms passed upon your conduct, but you will rise above them and enjoy prominence. To hear others lying, denotes that they are seeking to entrap you. Lynx. To dream of seeing a lynx, enemies are undermining your business and disrupting your home affairs. For a woman, this dream indicates that she has a wary woman rivaling her in the affections of her lover. If she kills the lynx, she will overcome her rival.
Typist: Montague
Examples
- 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.
- Maybe she was lying thinking about me. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As he shuffles downstairs, Mr. Snagsby, lying in wait for him, puts a half-crown in his hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When D'Arnot regained consciousness, he found himself lying upon a bed of soft ferns and grasses beneath a little A shaped shelter of boughs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The hay smelled good and lying in a barn in the hay took away all the years in between. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Looking towards them now, I saw the Law (as represented by Mr. Bruff's papers) lying unheeded on the floor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It seemed now hours and hours since she had left the lost man lying in the grave where he had been buried alive. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He was lying on a sofa with his eyes closed when I went in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was a hot afternoon and I was sick of lying in bed. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It was like a shallow pot lying among the stone and snow of the upper world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It may have been a book lying on its side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Maris