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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), noun See {Lye}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), noun [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.
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.
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.
2. A fiction; a fable; an untruth. --Dryden.
3. Anything which misleads or disappoints.
Wishing this lie of life was o'er. --Trench.
{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.
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}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lie \Lie\, verb (used without an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lie \Lie\, verb (used without an object) [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}, verb (used with an object), {Litter}, {Low}, adjective]
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.
The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes. --Dryden.
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.
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.
4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. --Collier.
He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. --Locke.
Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I lay one night only. --Evelyn.
Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens.
6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
The wind is loud and will not lie. --Shak.
7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. "An appeal lies in this case." --Parsons.
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.
{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 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.
What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head. --Shak.
{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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lie \Lie\ (l[imac]), noun The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country. --J. H. Newman.
He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the lie of the country on the side towards Thrace. --Jowett (Thucyd.). Lieberkuhn
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lye \Lye\, noun [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.
2. (Chem.) Sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, or a concentrated aqueous solution of either compound. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth [syn: {lie}, {prevarication}]
2: Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) [syn: {Lie}, {Trygve Lie}, {Trygve Halvden Lie}]
3: position or manner in which something is situated
verb
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: {sit}, {sit down}, {stand}, {stand up}]
3: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: {dwell}, {consist}, {lie}, {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: {lie}, {rest}]
7: assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" [syn: {lie down}, {lie}] [ant: {arise}, {get up}, {rise}, {stand up}, {uprise}]
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