lie

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, big fat (informal), great, monstrous

▪ He told a big fat lie!

▪ little

▪ absolute, complete, downright, flat-out (AmE), outright, total

▪ That's a downright lie!

▪ little white, white

▪ A little white lie is surely excusable.

▪ deliberate

▪ bald-faced (AmE), barefaced, blatant, obvious, transparent

▪ elaborate

▪ a web of elaborate lies

▪ outrageous

▪ vicious

VERB + LIE

▪ be

▪ That's a lie—I never said that!

▪ tell (sb)

▪ believe, swallow

▪ How could she swallow such a blatant lie?

▪ expose

▪ live

▪ He lived a lie for thirty years, ‘married’ to two women.

LIE + NOUN

▪ detector

PHRASES

▪ a pack of lies, a tissue of lies, a web of lies

▪ give the lie to sth, put the lie to sth (= prove that something is not true)

▪ spread lies (about sb)
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verb

1 be in a flat position

ADVERB

▪ down

▪ He was lying down on the bed.

▪ there

▪ He just lay there smiling.

▪ comfortably, helplessly, limply, peacefully, quietly

PREPOSITION

▪ on

▪ She lay on her stomach.

▪ in

▪ She likes to lie in bed all day.

PHRASES

▪ lie asleep, lie awake

▪ I used to lie awake at night worrying about it.

▪ lie dead, lie unconscious

▪ A man lay dead in the middle of the road.

▪ lie face down, lie prone (formal), lie prostrate (formal)

▪ He was lying face down in the mud.

▪ lie face up, supine (formal)

▪ Lie face up with your feet on the floor.

▪ lie flat

▪ I was lying flat on the floor.

▪ lie motionless, lie still

▪ Lie still while I put the bandage on.

▪ lie naked

▪ She was still lying naked on the bed.

▪ lie sprawled

▪ She lay sprawled on the sofa.

2 say sth that is not true

ADVERB

▪ convincingly

▪ He was unable to lie convincingly.

▪ easily

▪ constantly, repeatedly

▪ blatantly

▪ deliberately, intentionally

▪ completely, outright, totally (all AmE)

PREPOSITION

▪ about

▪ She lied about her age.

▪ to

▪ Don't lie to me.

PHRASES

▪ lie through your teeth

▪ lie under oath

Lie is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑challenge, ↑corpse, ↑crux, ↑danger, ↑destiny, ↑difference, ↑difficulty, ↑dilemma, ↑distinction, ↑dust, ↑explanation, ↑farm, ↑fog, ↑greatness, ↑guilt, ↑hair, ↑hand, ↑hope, ↑house, ↑loyalty, ↑mist, ↑remains, ↑route, ↑shadow, ↑snow, ↑success, ↑talent, ↑taste, ↑truth, ↑value, ↑weakness

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Synonyms:

Falsehood, malicious or deliberate falsification, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, suggestio falsi, suppressio veri, fib (humorous euphemism), Falsify, fib, tell a lie / Delusion, illusion, fleeting show, Recline, couch, lie down, be prostrate, be recumbent / Be placed, be laid / Be, rest, remain / Be situated, be located / Consist / Be sustainable

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lie — lie … Dictionnaire des rimes
lie — [ li ] n. f. • 1120; lias VIIIe; gaul. °liga 1 ♦ Dépôt qui se forme au fond des récipients contenant des boissons fermentées. ⇒ fèces, résidu. Lie de cidre, de bière. Spécialt Lie de vin, ou absolt la lie. « Il ne sentait pas le vin, il sentait… … Encyclopédie Universelle
lié — lie [ li ] n. f. • 1120; lias VIIIe; gaul. °liga 1 ♦ Dépôt qui se forme au fond des récipients contenant des boissons fermentées. ⇒ fèces, résidu. Lie de cidre, de bière. Spécialt Lie de vin, ou absolt la lie. « Il ne sentait pas le vin, il… … Encyclopédie Universelle
lie — 1. (lie) s. f. 1° Ce qu il y a de plus grossier dans une liqueur et qui va au fond. • Avant qu aller si vite, au moins je le supplie Savoir que le bon vin ne peut être sans lie, RÉGNIER Sat. XII. • La coupe où nous buvons a toujours une lie … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Lie — Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
LIE (S.) — À la fin du XIXe siècle, le mathématicien norvégien Marius Sophus Lie a posé les fondements d’une des théories les plus centrales des mathématiques contemporaines, la théorie des groupes de Lie, dont la puissance s’est révélée considérable, et… … Encyclopédie Universelle
lie — lie1 [lī] vi. lay, lain, lying [ME lien < 2d & 3d pers. sing. of earlier liggen < OE licgan, to lie, akin to Ger liegen < IE base * legh , to lie, lay oneself down > L lectus & Gr lēchos, bed, lōchos, lair] 1. to be or put oneself in… … English World dictionary
lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lie — Ⅰ. lie [1] ► VERB (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface. 2) be or remain in a specified state. 3) reside or be found. 4) … English terms dictionary
Lie — (l[imac]), n. [AS. lyge; akin to D. leugen, OHG. lugi, G. l[ u]ge, lug, Icel. lygi, Dan. & Sw. l[ o]gn, Goth. liugn. See {Lie} to utter a falsehood.] 1. A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lie to Me — Logo original de la série Titre original Lie to Me Autres titres francophones Lie to Me : Crimes et Mensonges (Québec) Genre Série d … Wikipédia en Français

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