lie

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
2. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
3. (copulative, intransitive) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
7. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
8. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
9. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Noun

1. The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
2. The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
3. The position of a fetus in the womb.
4. A manner of lying; relative position.
5. An animal's lair.

Noun

1. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
2. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true.
3. (broadly) Anything that misleads or disappoints.
4. (slang) A liar; a dishonest person.

Opposite of

truth

Synonyms

falsehood

tell a lie

fib

deceive

untruth

lie down

tell lies

rest

deceit

cheat

lies

fabrication

recline

prevarication

prevaricate

deception

relax

repose

be

place

lie on the side

fiction

sit

🪑

swindle

lay

tell a falsehood

sleep

😴

fraud

trick

deny

tell untruths

false

tell a fib

remain

consist

lying

lie in

pretence

tell an untruth

untrue

go to bed

dwell

falsify

untruthfulness

have

story

run

extend

fable

range

Translations

mentir

mensonge

liegen

bugia

mentir

Lüge

lügen

mentira

mentire

liegen

liggen

leugen

giacere

mentira

كذب

Pronounced as (IPA)

/laɪ̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lien

Inherited from Old English: liċġan

Cognate with Western Frisian: lizze

Cognate with Dutch: liggen

Cognate with German: liegen

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: ligge

Cognate with Swedish: ligga

Cognate with Icelandic: -

Cognate with Faroese: -

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: liggja

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽

Cognate with Latin: lectus

Cognate with Irish: luí

Cognate with Russian: лежа́ть

Cognate with Albanian: lag

Inherited from Old English: lēogan

Cognate with Western Frisian: lige

Cognate with Low German: legen

Cognate with Dutch: liegen

Cognate with German: lügen

Cognate with Norwegian: ljuge

Cognate with Danish: lyve

Cognate with Swedish: ljuga

Cognate with Bulgarian: лъжа

Cognate with Polish: łgać

Cognate with Russian: лгать

Inherited from Middle English: lie

Inherited from Old English: lyġe

Cognate with Old Saxon: luggi

Cognate with Old High German: lugi

Cognate with German: Lüge

Cognate with Danish: løgn

Cognate with Bulgarian: лъжа́

Cognate with Russian: ложь

Cognate with Czech: lež

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian: laž

In summary

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.

Sentences

It's not a lie .