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Definition lie

Etymology 1

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English licgan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjan?, from Proto-Indo-European *leg?-. Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic ????? (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luighe, Russian ??????? (ležát?), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).

As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.

Verb

lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past lay, past participle lain or (obsolete) lien)

1. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
2. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
7. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
8. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
9. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Noun

lie (plural lies)

1. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
2. (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
3. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
4. A manner of lying; relative position.
5. An animal's lair.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lien (“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old English l?ogan (“to lie”), from Proto-Germanic *leugan? (“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg?- (“to lie, swear, bemoan”). Cognate with West Frisian lige (“to lie”), Low German legen, lögen (“to lie”), Dutch liegen (“to lie”), German lügen (“to lie”), Norwegian ljuge/lyge (“to lie”), Danish lyve (“to lie”), Swedish ljuga (“to lie”), and more distantly with Bulgarian ???? (l?ža, “to lie”), Russian ????? (lgat?, “to lie”), ???? (lož?, “falsehood”).

Verb

lie (third-person singular simple present lies, present participle lying, simple past and past participle lied)

1. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
2. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
3. (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

Etymology 3

From Middle English lie, from Old English ly?e (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg?- (“to tell lies, swear, complain”). Cognate with Old Saxon luggi (“a lie”), Old High German lug?, lugin (“a lie”) (German Lüge), Danish løgn (“a lie”), Bulgarian ????? (l?žá, “? lie”), Russian ???? (lož?, “? lie”).

Noun

lie (plural lies)

1. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
3. Anything that misleads or disappoints.

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