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Definitions and meaning of lie
lie
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /laɪ̯/
Rhymes: -aɪ
Homophones: lye, lai
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishlien, liggen, from Old Englishliċġan, from Proto-West Germanic*liggjan, from Proto-Germanic*ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisianlizze, Dutchliggen, Germanliegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmålligge, Swedishligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorskliggja, Gothic𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽(ligan); and with Latinlectus(“bed”), Irishluighe, Russianлежа́ть(ležátʹ), Albanianlag(“troop, band, encampment”).
As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.
(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
The watchful traveller […] / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.
1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life's curiosity doth go.
(intransitive) To be placed or situated.
(intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
Used within: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.
Used withwith: to have sexual relations with.
Used withon/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
(archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
1632, John Evelyn, diary, entry 21 October 1632
While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, […] where I lay one night only.
Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.
To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
(law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
1737, lies%20in%20this%20case%22&f=false Cart against Marsh (legal case)
An appeal lies in this case from the ordinary to the arches.
Conjugation
Usage notes
The verb lie in this sense is sometimes used interchangeably with the verb lay in informal spoken settings. Additionally, the past tense and past participle can both become laid, instead of lay and lain respectively, in less formal settings. These usages are common in speech but rarely found (and proscribed) in edited writing or in more formal spoken situations.
Derived terms
Related terms
lay, a corresponding transitive version of this word
lees
lier
Translations
Noun
lie (plurallies)
(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
(disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
A manner of lying; relative position.
An animal's lair.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishlien(“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old Englishlēogan(“to lie”), from Proto-West Germanic*leugan, from Proto-Germanic*leuganą(“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European*lewgʰ-(“to lie, swear, bemoan”).
Cognate with West Frisianlige(“to lie”), Low Germanlegen, lögen(“to lie”), Dutchliegen(“to lie”), Germanlügen(“to lie”), Norwegianljuge/lyge(“to lie”), Danishlyve(“to lie”), Swedishljuga(“to lie”), and more distantly with Bulgarianлъжа(lǎža, “to lie”), Russianлгать(lgatʹ, “to lie”), ложь(ložʹ, “falsehood”).
Verb
lie (third-person singular simple presentlies, present participlelying, simple past and past participlelied)
(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
While a principle-based approach might claim that lying is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, lying might or might not be illegal or unethical. The casuist might conclude that a person is wrong to lie in legal testimony under oath, but might argue that lying actually is the best moral choice if the lie saves a life.WP
(intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
(intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
Conjugation
Synonyms
prevaricate
Derived terms
belie
liar
lie along
lie through one's teeth
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishlie, from Old Englishlyġe(“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Germanic*lugiz(“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European*lewgʰ-(“to tell lies, swear, complain”). Cognate with Old Saxonluggi(“a lie”), Old High Germanlugī, lugin(“a lie”) (GermanLüge), Danishløgn(“a lie”), Bulgarianлъжа́(lǎžá, “а lie”), Russianложь(ložʹ, “а lie”).
Noun
lie (plurallies)
An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
Synonyms:alternative fact, bullshit, deception, falsehood, fib, leasing, prevarication; see also Thesaurus:lie
Antonym:truth
A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
Synonym:half-truth
(by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, the Story of Justin Martyr
Wishing this lie of life was o'er.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
lie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
%ile, -ile, EIL, Eli, Ile, Lei, Lei., ile, lei
Finnish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlie̯/, [ˈlie̞̯]
IPA(key): /ˈlie̯ˣ/, [ˈlie̞̯(ʔ)]
Rhymes: -ie
Syllabification: lie
Verb
lie
(colloquial)third-person singular potential present of olla
Se on missä lie.
It's somewhere. / I wonder where it is.
Tai mitä lie ovatkaan
Or whatever they are.
Usage notes
This form is chiefly used in direct and indirect questions.
Synonyms
(3rd-pers. sg. potent. pres. of olla; standard) lienee
Anagrams
eli, lei
French
Etymology
Probably from Transalpine Gaulish*liga(“silt, sediment”), from Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-(“to lie, to lay”).
Noun
lief (plurallies)
lees, dregs (of wine, of society)
Verb
lie
inflection of lier:
first/third-person singular present indicative
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
second-person singular imperative
Further reading
“lie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
île
Mandarin
Romanization
lie (Zhuyin˙ㄌㄧㄝ)
Pinyin transcription of 咧
lie
Nonstandard spelling of liē.
Nonstandard spelling of lié.
Nonstandard spelling of liě.
Nonstandard spelling of liè.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Old French
Etymology
From Medieval Latinlias(“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish*ligyā, *legyā(“silt, sediment”) (compare Welshllai, Old Bretonleh(“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic*legyā(“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-(“to lie”).
dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink
Descendants
→ English: lees
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic*līwanks (compare *līwos), from Proto-Indo-European*leh₁w-(“stone”) (compare Ancient Greekλᾶας(lâas, “stone”), Albanianlerë(“boulder”)).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈl͈ʲi.e/
Noun
liem (genitivelïac(c))
a stone
c.800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4d15
Declension
Descendants
→ Breton: liac'h
Middle Irish: lía
Irish: lia
Mutation
Further reading
“1 lía”, in Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors, eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language, 2019
Spanish
Verb
lie
First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of liar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of liar.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedishlīe, lē, from Old Norselé, from Proto-Germanic*lewô, from Proto-Indo-European*leu-(“to cut”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /liːɛ/
Noun
liec
scythe; an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like.