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Noun lie has 3 senses
- lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
--1 is a kind of falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
--1 has particulars:
- Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie - Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
--2 is a kind of diplomat, diplomatist
- lie - position or manner in which something is situated
--3 is a kind of position, place
Verb lie has 7 senses
- lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
The children lie in the rocking chair
There lie some children in the rocking chair
- lie - be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
Antonyms: stand, stand up, sit, sit down
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in - originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
--3 is one way to exist, be
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- lie - be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
--4 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
- lie - tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
--5 is one way to misinform, mislead
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s to somebody
- lie, rest - 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"
--6 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- lie down, lie - assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
--7 is one way to change posture
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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