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lying

 
Adjective lying has 1 sense
  1. lying, mendacious - given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a mendacious child"
    Antonyms: truthful, true (indirect, via untruthful)
Noun lying has 1 sense
  1. lying, prevarication, fabrication - the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
    --1 is a kind of falsification, misrepresentaation
    --1 has particulars: fibbing, paltering
    Derived form: verb lie5
Verb lie has 7 senses
  1. lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
    --1 is one way to
    be
    Derived form: noun lie3
    Sample sentences:
    The children lie in the rocking chair
    There lie some children in the rocking chair
  2. 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
    Derived form: noun lie3
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. 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
    Derived form: noun lie3
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
  4. lie - be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
    --4 is one way to
    be
    Derived form: noun lie3
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s Adjective/Noun
    Somebody ----s Adjective
  5. 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
    Derived forms: noun lie1, noun liar1, noun lying1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s to somebody
  6. 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
    Derived form: noun lie3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  7. 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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