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lie English

Meaning lie meaning

What does lie mean?
Definitions in simple English

lie Verb 1

— If you lie down, your head and whole body are at the same level. You lie down when you want to rest or sleep. She lay on the bed and went to sleep. — If something lies somewhere, it is there and it is not moving. His dirty shirt was lying on the floor and old socks were everywhere.

lie Verb 2

— If you lie, you say or write something that you know is not true. "How old are you?" he asked. "Twenty-one," she lied. She was actually eighteen years old. Examples given in the old Webster dictionary says, why do you lie to me vs why do you just lie there. In past tense the word "lier" perceived in the new dictionary does not exist. It has been deleted from context to be depicted as "liar" when in fact they are two different existing words that have two different meanings all together. In example, to be a "lier" is to be a noun in context and to be a "liar" would be as a verb form. One depicts a person or being while the other depicts an action.

lie Noun

— Something not true, a falsehood, an untruth. I told a lie.

lie

— verb be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position — 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 (= dwell) originate (in) The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country — verb be and remain in a particular state or condition lie dormant — noun a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth — 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 (= rest) 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 (= lie down) assume a reclining position lie down on the bed until you feel better — noun position or manner in which something is situated

Lie

— noun Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

Synonyms lie synonyms

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lie English » English

falsehood tell a lie fib deceive untruth lie down tell lies rest deceit cheat lies fabrication recline prevarication prevaricate deception relax repose be swindle sit place lie on the side lay fiction trick tell untruths tell a fib tell a falsehood sleep fraud false deny untruthfulness untrue tell an untruth story run remain pretence lying lie in have go to bed falsify fable extend dwell consist stingy

Lie English » English

Trygve Lie Trygve Halvden Lie

Topics lie topics

What do people use lie to talk about?
Physical actions Posture

Lie down
Language and thought Communication Say True

Tell a lie
States Quality Shape

Horizontal
States Location

Be at a place
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Person Body condition

Rest
Language and thought Communication Say True

Expose falsehood
Social behavior Conflict Fight Attack

Ambush
Daily life Household equipment Furniture

Bed
Work and occupation Agriculture

Harvest
Physical actions Move Not moving

Wait

Conjugation lie conjugation

How do you conjugate lie?

lie · verb

Examples lie examples

How do I use lie in a sentence?

Simple sentences

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth.
The trouble may lie in the engine.
They never tell a lie.
Her laugh was a lie that concealed her sorrow.
Why do you lie?
Tom has never heard Mary tell a lie.
He doesn't lie.
That's a lie!
Children and drunks don't lie.
Why would he lie?
People who will lie for you, will lie to you.
You must not tell a lie.
I can't lie to you.
It's evident that you told a lie.
When bears sleep or lie down, their postures depend on whether they want to get rid of heat or conserve it.
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.
Above all, don't tell a lie.
It is wrong to tell a lie.
Please forgive me for telling a lie.
Never tell a lie!
Lie down and make yourself comfortable.

Movie subtitles

Don't lie!
A lie, a joke.
It was a lie, right?
Why did you lie just now?
So the information that you found Zero was a lie!
Because I don't want to lie to myself any longer.
And that's where power used to lie - with the drapers, the goldsmiths, the grocers, the haberdashers, ironmongers, mercers, the saIters, the shearers, the skinners - not forgetting the tailors and the vintners.
I lie a lot!
This is no lie, I speak to God all the time and he told me to head west!
You were right, mama, you didn't lie The place is real, and I'm gonna fly!
What? You mean, lie?
I once told a lie when I was 12 and I had a dream that I went to Hell!
I just told a lie.
It's not a lie!
Yuffie? Why did you lie just now?
What happens to people who lie to me?
You, this. Everything was a lie!
My life was a lie!
She's too smart not to think her lie would be discovered.
That's a lie, your Honor!
Lie down for a couple of years.
Lie down until rigor mortis sets in.
Sometimes it's so beautiful that I just lie there, listening.
I've never told Black Elk a lie yet.
What are you gonna do, lie down and die?
Don't lie to me.
Well, if it's bad news can you just lie to me?
Eun Si Gyeong, he won't lie.
Did you lie to me?
WHY THIS ONE TIME, WE COULDN'T MAKE THE LIE REAL.
It is better for the midwife if you lie on your left side.
That is a total lie.
You lie down here.
Worse than a figment, a lie.
You, this, everything was a lie!
This is a lie.
You don't love me, otherwise you would not lie to me!
You lie!
Won't you, uh, lie down?

News and current affairs

The companies routinely bribe officials to gain oil leases, lie about output, evade taxes, and dodge responsibility for the environmental damage that they cause.
Most states nowadays lie within borders that are widely accepted as legitimate, and they increasingly abide by international norms of behavior in times of war.
The famines in Ethiopia and the violence in Darfur suggest what can lie ahead.
The America-Iran-Israel triangle is where the clue to the problem and its possible solution lie.
Many of today's war zones - including Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan - share basic problems that lie at the root of their conflicts.
Pernicious talk that Arabs do not want democracy has been exposed as the big lie it is.
When questions were raised about how the statement about uranium was allowed to remain in Bush's State of the Union address, both National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld argued that it was not a lie.
Their reasoning indicates that they, like the President, have a childishly literal notion of what it is to lie.
That Clinton did lie about his sexual activities is clear, and he was wrong to do so.
For years, Ellwanger published anti-Semitic books, such as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, as well as books of Holocaust denial, such as his own Jewish or German Holocaust: Behind the Lie of the Century.
Big challenges lie ahead, but I am confident that with the support of the global community, I can leave to my own children and community a thriving country where every person has the opportunity to prosper.
They lie in the realm of optimal pricing and marketing mechanisms, regulation of monopolies, natural-resource management, public-goods provision, and finance.
Global warming is an environmental, economic, scientific, and political problem of the first order, and one doubly difficult to address because its dangers lie decades in the future.
In particular, he will need to go beyond Keynesian fiscal-stimulus policies to heal the deep wounds to economic confidence that lie at the root of the current crisis.
The answer, ultimately, doesn't lie with any civilian use of nuclear energy, but first and foremost with its military applications.
French ways in foreign policy are often murky and difficult to decipher, unless it is crystal clear where France regards its interests to lie.
Clearly, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will also now lie unattended as Israel concentrates on developments in Egypt.
But PISA's most important outcomes lie at the national level, because it inspires innovation and broadens educational perspectives within countries.
Some commencement speakers focus on the graduates' accomplishments; others emphasize the career-related challenges that lie ahead.
To be sure, Bush reinforced both trends, but their real causes lie in objective historical factors, namely America's being the sole world power since 1989 and Europe's self-inflicted weakness.
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