"lie by" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lies by [present, singular, third-person], lying by [participle, present], lay by [past], lain by [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lie<,,lay,lain> by}} lie by (third-person singular simple present lies by, present participle lying by, simple past lay by, past participle lain by)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To have sex with. Tags: obsolete, transitive Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms (have sex with): lie with
    Sense id: en-lie_by-en-verb-pqiUiagB Disambiguation of 'have sex with': 99 1
  2. (intransitive, dated) To rest from labour; to take a break. Tags: dated, intransitive Categories (topical): Rest Synonyms (take a break): have a break, take five
    Sense id: en-lie_by-en-verb-oGEgtiZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "by", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "by": 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'take a break': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: go to bed with, sleep with, copulate with

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "lies by",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lay by",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lain by",
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        "participle",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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          "name": "Sex",
          "orig": "en:Sex",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": ", Book V",
          "text": "Than he lete make a cry thorow all the oste that uppon layne of lyff and lymme […] that no lyege man that longyth to his oste sholde lye be no maydens ne ladyes nother no burgessis wyff that to the cité longis."
        }
      ],
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        "To have sex with."
      ],
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To have sex with."
      ],
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          "word": "lie with"
        }
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      ]
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"by\"",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rest from labour; to take a break."
      ],
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        ],
        [
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          "take a break",
          "take a break"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, dated) To rest from labour; to take a break."
      ],
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          "sense": "take a break",
          "word": "have a break"
        },
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          "word": "take five"
        }
      ],
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        "dated",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "go to bed with"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "sleep with"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "copulate with"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lie by"
}
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "lies by",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "lying by",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lay by",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lain by",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "lie<,,lay,lain> by"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": ", Book V",
          "text": "Than he lete make a cry thorow all the oste that uppon layne of lyff and lymme […] that no lyege man that longyth to his oste sholde lye be no maydens ne ladyes nother no burgessis wyff that to the cité longis."
        }
      ],
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        "To have sex with."
      ],
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        [
          "have sex",
          "have sex"
        ]
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        "(transitive, obsolete) To have sex with."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English dated terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Rest"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rest from labour; to take a break."
      ],
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          "rest",
          "rest"
        ],
        [
          "labour",
          "labour"
        ],
        [
          "take a break",
          "take a break"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dated) To rest from labour; to take a break."
      ],
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        "dated",
        "intransitive"
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    }
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    {
      "sense": "have sex with",
      "word": "lie with"
    },
    {
      "word": "go to bed with"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleep with"
    },
    {
      "word": "copulate with"
    },
    {
      "sense": "take a break",
      "word": "have a break"
    },
    {
      "sense": "take a break",
      "word": "take five"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lie by"
}

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