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Defenition of the word lie

    • Defenition of the word lie

      • To rest in a horizontal, static position, usually on another surface.
      • A false statement made with the intention to deceive.
      • To knowingly say something that is untrue.
      • originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
      • position or manner in which something is situated
      • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
      • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"l "the books are lying on the shelf"
      • assume a resting position, as on a flat surface
      • be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
      • be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
      • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
      • 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"
      • assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
      • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
      • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don''t lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
      • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
      • 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"
      • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
      • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
      • assume a reclining position
      • originate (in)
      • have a place in relation to something else
      • be and remain in a particular state or condition

    Synonyms for the word lie

      • be
      • be arranged
      • be economical with the truth
      • be placed
      • be positioned
      • be situated
      • belong
      • consist
      • dwell
      • falsehood
      • fib
      • keep
      • laze
      • lie down
      • lie in
      • loll
      • lounge
      • perjure yourself
      • prevarication
      • propaganda
      • recline
      • remain
      • rest
      • sit
      • slouch
      • stay
      • stop
      • story
      • stretch out
      • tall tale
      • tell stories
      • tell untruths
      • untruth

    Similar words in the lie

      • lie
      • lie's
      • liebfraumilch
      • liebfraumilch's
      • liechtenstein
      • liechtenstein's
      • lied
      • lief
      • liefer
      • liefest
      • liefs
      • liege
      • liege's
      • lieges
      • lien
      • lien's
      • liens
      • lies
      • lieu
      • lieu's
      • lieutenancy
      • lieutenancy's
      • lieutenant
      • lieutenant's
      • lieutenants

    Hyponyms for the word lie

      • appertain
      • back
      • bask
      • bow down
      • cap
      • charge
      • command
      • crest
      • dominate
      • face
      • fib
      • flank
      • focalise
      • focalize
      • front
      • head
      • inhere
      • intervene
      • jactitation
      • lap
      • lie awake
      • line
      • localise
      • localize
      • look
      • look across
      • look out on
      • look out over
      • mediate
      • nestle
      • orient
      • overlie
      • overlook
      • overtop
      • perjure
      • pertain
      • point
      • precede
      • predate
      • prostrate
      • recline
      • recumb
      • repose
      • ride
      • romance
      • run along
      • slant
      • sprawl
      • story
      • stretch
      • stretch out
      • sun
      • sunbathe
      • tale
      • taradiddle
      • tarradiddle
      • top
      • underlie
      • walloper
      • white lie
      • whopper

    Hypernyms for the word lie

      • be
      • change posture
      • diplomat
      • diplomatist
      • exist
      • false statement
      • falsehood
      • falsity
      • misinform
      • mislead
      • occur
      • place
      • position
      • rest
      • untruth

    Antonyms for the word lie

      • arise
      • get up
      • honesty
      • rise
      • sit
      • sit down
      • stand
      • stand up
      • truth
      • uprise
      • veracity

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