lying

Plural: lyings

Noun

• The act or practice of telling untruths; mendacity.
• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
• The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
• An act of telling a lie or falsehood.

Verb

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
  • "the books are lying on the shelf"
• originate (in)
• be and remain in a particular state or condition
• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
• have a place in relation to something else
• assume a reclining position
• present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)
• present participle and gerund of lie (“to intentionally give false information”)
• simple past and past participle of lye

Adj

• Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious

Examples

• His opponent’s LYING about a dictionary challenge was almost believable in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

consist, dwell, fabrication, lie, lie down, lie in, prevarication, rest

Antonyms

arise, sit, stand

Anagrams of lying