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Thesaurus > Related Words: lie

Words related to lie

Related / Similar Words: prevarication, Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie, lie down, dwell, consist, belong, lie in, rest

Definition:
  • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth;
  • position or manner in which something is situated;
  • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968);
  • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don''t lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29";
  • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf";
  • assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better";
  • originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country";
  • be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position;
  • have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies";
  • be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant";

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    Hyponyms: fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle, jactitation, whopper, walloper, white lie, romance, perjure, sun, sunbathe, sprawl, recumb, repose, recline, overlie, lie awake, bask, stretch, stretch out, charge, prostrate, bow down, inhere, pertain, appertain, nestle, intervene, top, mediate, ride, lap, localize, localise, focalize, focalise, slant, precede, predate, underlie, cap, crest, front, look, face, back, flank, head, dominate, command, overlook, overtop, line, run along, orient, point, look out on, look out over, look across

    Grouped Verbs: lie down, rest

    Entailments: lie down

    Derivational Morphology: beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter, rest, dwell, consist, belong, lie in, prevarication, liar, prevaricator, lying, fabrication

    Anagrams: lei

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