lie

Plural: lies

Noun

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
• position or manner in which something is situated
• The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
• The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
• The position of a fetus in the womb.
• A manner of lying; relative position.
• An animal's lair.
• An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
• A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
• Anything that misleads or disappoints.

Verb

Verb Forms: lay, lain, lying, lies, lied

• To utter a falsehood with intent to deceive.
• To recline or be situated in a horizontal position.
• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
• originate (in)
• be and remain in a particular state or condition
  • "lie dormant"
• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
  • "Don't lie to your parents"
  • "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
• 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"
• To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
• To be placed or situated.
• To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
• Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
• Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
• Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
• To lodge; to sleep.
• To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
• To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
• To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
• To convey a false image or impression.
• To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

Examples

• Don't lie to me!
• Don’t LIE about checking a dictionary during a Scrabble game!
• I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
• If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
• Let the tiles LIE where they may, but choose your next Words With Friends move wisely.
• Photographs often lie.
• Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
• The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
• The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
• to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves
• Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.
• When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.

Synonyms

consist, dwell, lie down, lie in, prevarication, rest, Trygve Halvden Lie, Trygve Lie, alternative fact, anti-fact, bluff, bollocks, bullshit, canard, cap, chin, clanker, contradiction, cram, deception, disinformation, fabrication, falsehood, falsification, fib, flam, goof, half-truth, hoax, hummer, inveracity, inverity, jive, leasing, lie, mendacity, misinformation, mistruth, nonsense, nontruth, pork pie, porker, porky, prevaricate, red flag, rubbish, story, swack-up, tall tale, terminological inexactitude, untruism, untruth, whopper, wisker, yanker, yed

Antonyms

arise, sit, stand, fact, truth, verity

Related Words

I tell a lie, a corresponding transitive version of this word, a lie has no legs, cry wolf, decoy, fake, give the lie to, imitate, lay, lees, lie through one's teeth, lier, the cake is a lie