lie

The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.

Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.

Though ye haue lien among the pots, yet shall yee bee as the wings of a doue, couered with siluer, and her feathers with yellow gold.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 68:13:

The watchful traveller […] / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.

Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life's curiosity doth go.

1849, Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers:

The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.

1892, James Yoxall, chapter 5, in The Lonely Pyramid:

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Ying-yang county lies 70 li southwest of the modern Teng-feng county, Honan.

1988, Robin D. S. Yates, “Selected Translations”, in Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910), Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 100:

Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

(intransitive) To be placed or situated.

to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves

The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

(intransitive, copulative) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.

He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labour, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.

1693, [John Locke], “§2016”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.

And it came to passe after these things, that his masters wife cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and shee said, Lie with me.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 39:7:

Used with with: to have sexual relations with.

Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.

While I was now trifling at home, I saw London, […] where I lay one night only.

1632, John Evelyn, diary, entry 21 October 1632:

Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.

1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 10, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

The Wind is lowd, and will not lie till the Ship be cleard of the dead.

c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

An appeal lies in this case from the ordinary to the arches.

(law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

en-verb

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

lies (present singular third-person)
lying (participle present)
lay (past)
laid (colloquial past)
lain (participle past)
laid (colloquial participle past)
lien (obsolete participle past)
lie (infinitive)
lie (first-person present singular)
lay (first-person past singular)
lie (present second-person singular)
lyest (archaic present second-person singular)
lay (past second-person singular)
layst (archaic past second-person singular)
lies (present singular third-person)
lyeth (archaic present singular third-person)
lay (past singular third-person)
lie (plural present)
lay (past plural)
lie (present subjunctive)
lay (past subjunctive)
lie (imperative present)
lying (participle present)
lain (participle past)
lien (archaic participle past)

a corresponding transitive version of this word

From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luí, Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).
As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.


lie

(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.

(disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.

(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.


lie

When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.

If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.

Don't lie to me!

Lie to get what I came for
Lie to get just what I need
Lie to get what I crave
Lie and smile to get what's mine

2003, “The Package”, performed by A Perfect Circle:

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

Photographs often lie.

(intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.

Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.

(intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

en-verb

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

lies (present singular third-person)
lying (participle present)
lied (participle past)
lied (past)
lie (infinitive)
lie (first-person present singular)
lied (first-person past singular)
lie (present second-person singular)
liest (archaic present second-person singular)
lied (past second-person singular)
liedst (archaic past second-person singular)
lies (present singular third-person)
lieth (archaic present singular third-person)
lied (past singular third-person)
lie (plural present)
lied (past plural)
lie (present subjunctive)
lied (past subjunctive)
lie (imperative present)
lying (participle present)
lied (participle past)

uydurmak

informal - can be an inconsequential lie, fib

From Middle English lien (“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old English lēogan (“to lie”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“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 лъжа (lǎža, “to lie”), Polish łgać (“to lie”), Russian лгать (lgatʹ, “to lie”), ложь (ložʹ, “falsehood”).


lie

I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.

Man everywhere is the born enemy of lies.

1840 May 5, Thomas Carlyle, “Lecture I. The Hero as Divinity. Odin. Paganism: Scandinavian Mythology.”, in On Heroes, Hero-Worship and The Heroic in History, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1840, →OCLC, page 4:

An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.

A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.

Wishing this lie of life was o'er.

1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, the Story of Justin Martyr:

The cake is a lie.

2007, Erik Wolpaw, Chet Faliszek, Portal:

(by extension) Anything that misleads or disappoints.

a lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots on

From Middle English lie, from Old English lyġe (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (“lie, falsehood”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to tell lies, swear, complain”). Cognate with Old Saxon luggi (“a lie”), Old High German lugī, lugin (“a lie”) (German Lüge), Danish løgn (“a lie”), Bulgarian лъжа́ (lǎžá, “а lie”), Russian ложь (ložʹ, “а lie”), Czech lež (“a lie”), Middle Polish łeż (“a lie”), Serbo-Croatian laž (“a lie”).


lie

Se on missä lie.

Tai mitä lie ovatkaan.

Kyllä asia lie juuri näin.

Yes, the thing supposedly is just like that.

(dialectal) third-person singular potential present of olla


lie

Inherited from Old French lie, from Early Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).


lie

first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

inflection of lier:
second-person singular imperative


lie

dregs; mostly solid, undesirable leftovers of a drink

fro-noun

lie oblique singular, f (oblique plural lies, nominative singular lie, nominative plural lies)

lie oblique singular or (canonical feminine)
lies (oblique plural)
lie (nominative singular)
lies (nominative plural)

→ English: lees

From Early Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”).


lie

In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.

The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit against it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes

Níbu machdath do·rónta día dind lïac.

It was not a wonder that a god would be made of the stone.

lïac (genitive)
lïacc (genitive)
lie (nominative singular)
liic (dual nominative)
liic (nominative plural)
lie (singular vocative)
liic (dual vocative)
lïaca (plural vocative)
liic (accusative singular)
lieic (accusative singular)
liic (accusative dual)
lïaca (accusative plural)
lïac (genitive singular)
lïacc (genitive singular)
lïac (dual genitive)
lïacc (dual genitive)
lïac (genitive plural)
lïacc (genitive plural)
liic (dative singular)
lieic (dative singular)
lïacaib (dative dual)
lïacaib (dative plural)
lie
also llie after a proclitic
ending in a vowel

→ Breton: liac'h

Middle Irish: lía

Irish: lia

From Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”) (compare Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”)).


lie

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

inflection of liar:
third-person singular imperative


lie

first-person singular preterite indicative of liar


lie

scythe; an instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like.

lie (indefinite nominative singular)
lies (genitive indefinite singular)
lien (definite nominative singular)
liens (definite genitive singular)
liar (indefinite nominative plural)
liars (genitive indefinite plural)
liarna (definite nominative plural)
liarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish līe, lē, from Old Norse lé, from Proto-Germanic *lewô, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut”).