Results for lie

Definitions of lie:

part of speech: past participle

Lain.

part of speech: past tense

Lay.

part of speech: present participle

Lying.

part of speech: noun

Anything meant to deceive: an intentional violation of truth: anything that misleads.

part of speech: noun

A faleshood.

part of speech: noun

In geol., the manner in which strata are disposed.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To rest in a reclining position; to take such a position; rest or remain; be situated or placed.

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Lied,.

part of speech: noun

A statement not true; a falsehood.

part of speech: verb transitive

To speak a falsehood.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive: to make a false representation:- pr. p. lying; pa. t. and pa. p. lied.

part of speech: verb

To rest lengthwise on or against; to press upon; to rest; to remain; to be situated; to sleep; in law, to be sustainable; to be recorded for trial.

part of speech: verb transitive

To rest in a reclining posture: to lean: to press upon: to be situated: to abide: to consist: ( law) to be sustainable:- pr. p. lying; pa. t. lay; pa. p. lain, ( B.) lien.

part of speech: verb

To state that which is not the truth; to tell a falsehood.

Usage examples for lie:

• Would I tell a lie over my father's death? "East Lynne", Mrs. Henry Wood

• She could no longer be a lie "The Call of the Canyon", Zane Grey

• You must lie down and keep very quiet for a time. "Kitty Trenire", Mabel Quiller-Couch

• The lie came home. "Sowing and Reaping", Dwight Moody