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Type Words
Synonyms lie down
Type of change posture
Has types charge, stretch, prostrate, stretch out, bow down


lie down on the bed until you feel better.
Type Words
Synonyms consist, dwell, lie in
Type of be, exist
Type Words
Synonyms prevarication
Type of untruth, falsehood, falsity
Has types taradiddle, fib, jactitation, story, tale, tarradiddle, walloper, white lie, whopper
Type Words
Synonyms rest
Type of be


The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West.
The responsibility rests with the Allies.
Type Words
Synonyms trygve halvden lie, trygve lie
Type Words
Type of be


lie dormant.
Type Words
Type of be
Has types underlie, back, cap, dominate, face, flank, focalise, focalize, front, head, intervene, lap, line, localise, localize, look, look across, look out on, look out over, mediate, nestle, orient, overlook, overtop, point, precede, predate, ride, run along, slant, top, command, crest
Verb group rest
Type Words
Has types recline, sun, lie awake, sprawl, sunbathe, overlie, repose, recumb, bask
Verb group lie down
Type Words
Type of position, place
Type Words
Type of mislead, misinform
Has types fib, romance, perjure
Derivation lying, liar


Don't lie to your parents.
She lied when she told me she was only 29.

Examples of lies

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Whatever their product is though, their team is confident about what lies ahead.
From the omaha.com
If someone lies by e-mail, they seek hand washing afterward, or hand-wash wipes.
From the latimes.com
The challenge lies in connecting them to websites that have only IPv4 addresses.
From the sfgate.com
Most of the world's spare capacity lies in OPEC nations, primarily Saudi Arabia.
From the delawareonline.com
The strength of this production lies in its strong ensemble performance quality.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Applying a magnetic field to the brain seems to hamper our ability to tell lies.
From the newscientist.com
Why the silence, why the lack of challenge to this government's lies and deceit?
From the guardian.co.uk
Hamilton, meanwhile, lies fifth overall, and is desperate to rekindle the magic.
From the independent.co.uk
About one mile away lies Pripyat, a visual highlight but an emotional low point.
From the news-journalonline.com
More examples
  • A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
  • Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
  • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
  • Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
  • Dwell: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
  • Position or manner in which something is situated
  • A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a known untruth expressed as truth.
  • "Lie" is the first promatial single on progressive metal band Dream Theater's third album, Awake. Today it is one of the band's more well known tracks. The two songs "The Mirror" and "Lie" was originally one piece but was separated by unknown reasons. ...
  • Awake is the third studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on October 4, 1994 by East West Records. It was the last Dream Theater album to feature keyboardist Kevin Moore, who announced his decision to leave the band during the recording of the album.