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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /laɪ̯/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-lie.ogg


Homophones


Etymology 1

, from Germanic *, from Indo-European *. Cognate with Dutch , German , Swedish ; and with Latin {{term|lectus||bed}}, Irish , Russian .

Verb

{{en-verb|lies|lying|lay|lain}}

  1. To be in a horizontal position.
  2. To be placed or situated.


Derived terms


Related terms


Translations
  • Czech:
  • Finnish: ,
  • German:

Etymology 2

, from Germanic.

Verb

{{en-verb|lies|lying|lied}}

  1. To give false information intentionally.
  2. To convey a false image or impression.
  3. : Photos often lie.


Related terms


Translations

Etymology 3

Old English lyġe

Noun

  1. An intentionally false statement; a falsehood.
  2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth


Etymology 4

From the verb lie

Noun

  1. The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
  2. The position of a fetus in the womb.


Translations
  • Italian: {{t+|it|bugia|f}}
  • Japanese: 嘘 (うそ, uso), 虚言 (きょげん, kyogen)
  • Korean: 거짓말 (geojitmal)
  • Kurdish:
  • Marathi: खोट (khota)
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|løgn|m}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|kłamstwo|n}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mentira|f}}
  • Romanian: {{t-|ro|minciună|f}}
  • Russian: ложь (lož’)
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|laž|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|mentira|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|lögn|c}}
  • Tagalog: kasinungalingan
  • Waray Waray: kaga'

Category:English irregular verbs Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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Finnish

Verb

lie

  1. In the Context of {{fi-form of|olla|type=verb|pr=third-person|pl=singular|mood=potential|tense=present}}
  2. : Se on missä lie.
  3. :: It's somewhere. / I wonder where it is.


Usage notes

  • This form is used mostly in the expression above.


Synonyms

  • (3rd-pers. sg. potent. pres. of olla; standard) lienee


Anagrams


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French

Etymology

From a Celtic language

Noun

lie

  1. dregs (of wine, of society)


Verb

lie

  1. First-person singular indicative present of lier.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive present of lier.
  3. Third-person singular indicative present of lier.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive present of lier.
  5. Second-person singular imperative present of lier.


Category:French nouns Category:French verb forms

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Mandarin

Pinyin

{{cmn-alt-pinyin|lie|lie0|lie5}}

  1. 咦: expression of surprise


Pinyin syllable

lie

  1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, liē, liě, or liè.


Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

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Swedish

Noun

lie

  1. scythe; an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), n.
See Lye.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), n. [AS. lyge; akin to D. leugen, OHG. lugi,
G. l["u]ge, lug, Icel. lygi, Dan. & Sw. l["o]gn, Goth. liugn.
See Lie to utter a falsehood.]
1. A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception;
an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with
the intention to deceive.
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The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to
deceive another by signifying that to him as true,
which we ourselves think not to be so. --S. Clarke.
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It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act
a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong
direction when a traveler inquires of him his road.
--Paley.
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2. A fiction; a fable; an untruth. --Dryden.
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3. Anything which misleads or disappoints.
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Wishing this lie of life was o'er. --Trench.
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To give the lie to.
(a) To charge with falsehood; as, the man gave him the
lie.
(b) To reveal to be false; as, a man's actions may give
the lie to his words.

White lie, a euphemism for such lies as one finds it
convenient to tell, and excuses himself for telling.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Untruth; falsehood; fiction; deception.

Usage: Lie, Untruth. A man may state what is untrue from
ignorance or misconception; hence, to impute an
untruth to one is not necessarily the same as charging
him with a lie. Every lie is an untruth, but not every
untruth is a lie. Cf. Falsity.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lied (l[imac]d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Lying (l[imac]"[i^]ng).] [OE. lien, li[yogh]en,
le[yogh]en, leo[yogh]en, AS. le['o]gan; akin to D. liegen,
OS. & OHG. liogan, G. l["u]gen, Icel. lj[=u]ga, Sw. ljuga,
Dan. lyve, Goth. liugan, Russ. lgate.]
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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. Lay (l[=a]); p. p. Lain (l[=a]n),
(Lien (l[imac]"[e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Lying.]
[OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen,
licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth.
ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr. le`chos bed,
le`xasqai to lie. Cf. Lair, Law, Lay, v. t., Litter,
Low, adj.]
1. 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.
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The watchful traveler . . .
Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes. --Dryden.
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding
place; to consist; -- with in.
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Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though
unequal in circumstances. --Collier.
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He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard
labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of
huntsmen. --Locke.
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5. To lodge; to sleep.
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Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . .
. where I lay one night only. --Evelyn.
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Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
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6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
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The wind is loud and will not lie. --Shak.
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7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being
maintained. "An appeal lies in this case." --Parsons.
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Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers
often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay
and lie. Lay is a transitive verb, and has for its
preterit laid; as, he told me to lay it down, and I
laid it down. Lie is intransitive, and has for its
preterit lay; as, he told me to lie down, and I lay
down. Some persons blunder by using laid for the
preterit of lie; as, he told me to lie down, and I laid
down. So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid
at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was
laying on the shelf, etc. It is only necessary to
remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit
of lay, and not of lie.
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To lie along the shore (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in
sight.

To lie at the door of, to be imputable to; as, the sin,
blame, etc., lies at your door.

To lie at the heart, to be an object of affection, desire,
or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple.

To lie at the mercy of, to be in the power of.

To lie by.
(a) To remain with; to be at hand; as, he has the
manuscript lying by him.
(b) To rest; to intermit labor; as, we lay by during the
heat of the day.

To lie hard or To lie heavy, to press or weigh; to bear
hard.

To lie in, to be in childbed; to bring forth young.

To lie in one, to be in the power of; to belong to. "As
much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men." --Rom.
xii. 18.

To lie in the way, to be an obstacle or impediment.

To lie in wait, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush.


To lie on or To lie upon.
(a) To depend on; as, his life lies on the result.
(b) To bear, rest, press, or weigh on.

To lie low, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang]


To lie on hand,

To lie on one's hands, to remain unsold or unused; as, the
goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much
time lying on their hands.

To lie on the head of, to be imputed to.
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What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it
lie on my head. --Shak.
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To lie over.
(a) To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due,
as a note in bank.
(b) To be deferred to some future occasion, as a
resolution in a public deliberative body.

To lie to (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as
near the wind as possible as being the position of
greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf. {To
bring to}, under Bring.

To lie under, to be subject to; to suffer; to be oppressed
by.

To lie with.
(a) To lodge or sleep with.
(b) To have sexual intercourse with.
(c) To belong to; as, it lies with you to make amends.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), n.
The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of
land or country. --J. H. Newman.
[1913 Webster]

He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the lie of the
country on the side towards Thrace. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
[1913 Webster] Lieberkuhn
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Lye \Lye\, n. [Written also lie and ley.] [AS. le['a]h; akin
to D. loog, OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf. Icel. laug a bath, a
hot spring.]
1. A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts,
obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making
soap, etc.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a
concentrated aqueous solution of either compound.
[PJC]
WordNet lie
n 1: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth [syn: prevarication]
2: Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of
the United Nations (1896-1968) [syn: Trygve Lie, {Trygve
Halvden Lie}]
3: position or manner in which something is situated
v 1: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
2: be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The
sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the
shelf" [ant: stand, sit]
3: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices
in this country" [syn: dwell, consist, belong, {lie
in}]
4: be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie
dormant"
5: tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie
to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only
29"
6: 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" [syn: rest]
7: assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you
feel better" [syn: lie down] [ant: arise]
[also: lying, lay, lain]
Moby Dictionary
aim , aspect , attitude , azimuth , be found , be located , be met with ,
be present , be situated , be there , be untruthful , bearing ,
bearings , beguile , bent , blague , bouncer , canard , carry ,
celestial navigation , cheat , cock-and-bull story , course , cover ,
crawl , current , dead reckoning , deceitfulness , deceive , delude ,
direction , direction line , dishonesty , distort , distortion ,
draw the longbow , drift , dwell in , encompass , environ , equivocate ,
evade , exaggerate , exaggeration , exist , exposure , extend , fable ,
fairy tale , falsehood , falsification , falsify , falsity ,
farfetched story , farrago , fib , fiction , fish story , fix , flam ,
flimflam , forgery , fraudulence , frontage , ghost story , go , go out ,
grovel , half-truth , heading , helmsmanship , hold , inaccuracy ,
inclination , indwell , inhere , inveracity , lay , legal fiction ,
libel , lie athwart , lie down , lie flat , lie flatly , lie in ,
lie limply , lie prone , lie prostrate , line , line of direction ,
line of march , line of position , little white lie , loll , lounge ,
mendacity , misguide , misinform , misinstruct , mislead ,
misrepresentation , misstate , misstatement , myth , navigation , occur ,
orientation , palter , perjury , pilotage , piloting , pious fiction ,
point , position , position line , prevaricate , prevarication ,
quarter , radio bearing , range , reach , reach out , recline , remain ,
repose , reside , rest , ride , ride at anchor , ride easy ,
ride hawse full , run , set , shift , shift about , slight stretching ,
song and dance , span , speak falsely , sprawl , spread , stand ,
steerage , steering , story , straddle , stretch , stretch out ,
stretch the truth , surround , sweep , take in , tale , tall story ,
tall tale , taradiddle , tell a lie , tendency , tenor , thrust out ,
track , trend , trumped-up story , untruth , way , white lie , yarn


FOLDOC LiE

A symbolic mathematics package aimed at Lie groups.

["LiE, a Package for Lie Group Computations", M.A.A. van
Leeuwen et al, in Computer Algebra Nederland, 1992 (ISBN
90-741160-02-7)].

(1994-10-20)


Lie 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}.)
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