"lie with" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lies with [present, singular, third-person], lying with [participle, present], lay with [past], lain with [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lie<,,lay,lain> with}} lie with (third-person singular simple present lies with, present participle lying with, simple past lay with, past participle lain with)
  1. (euphemistic, archaic) To have sex with someone. Tags: archaic, euphemistic Synonyms: know [euphemistic], lie by, sleep with, copulate with Related terms: if you lie with dogs you will get fleas Translations (to have sex): לשכב (Hebrew), concumbō (Latin), cubō cum [with-ablative] (Latin), iaceō cum [with-ablative] (Latin), ligge med (Norwegian Bokmål), ligge med (Norwegian Nynorsk), liggje med (Norwegian Nynorsk), ligga med (Norwegian Nynorsk), liggja med (Norwegian Nynorsk), ligga med (Swedish)

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          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Canrum",
          "text": "While this band was not especially powerful, Shiagur was a female warlord – and one of the few remaining fertile females, at that. She had, through viciousness and cunning, parlayed her unique value into a position of power. Krogan males competed for the right to join her band and lie with her.",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "to have sex",
          "word": "לשכב"
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          "sense": "to have sex",
          "word": "concumbō"
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          "sense": "to have sex",
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          "sense": "to have sex",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to have sex",
          "word": "ligga med"
        }
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  "word": "lie with"
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          "text": "While this band was not especially powerful, Shiagur was a female warlord – and one of the few remaining fertile females, at that. She had, through viciousness and cunning, parlayed her unique value into a position of power. Krogan males competed for the right to join her band and lie with her.",
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      "word": "know"
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      "sense": "to have sex",
      "word": "לשכב"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to have sex",
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      "sense": "to have sex",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cubō cum"
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to have sex",
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
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      "word": "iaceō cum"
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      "sense": "to have sex",
      "word": "ligge med"
    },
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to have sex",
      "word": "ligge med"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to have sex",
      "word": "liggje med"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to have sex",
      "word": "ligga med"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to have sex",
      "word": "liggja med"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to have sex",
      "word": "ligga med"
    }
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