lie

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

lie

past (v2)

lay

past participle (v3)

lain

present participle

lying

3rd person singular

lies

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

lies

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

   • Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.
   • The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
   • The watchful traveller […] / Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.

2. 2.To be placed or situated.

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

3. 3.To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

   • The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

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

   • 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.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.

2. 2.The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.

3. 3.The position of a fetus in the womb.

4. 4.A manner of lying; relative position.

Overall

Common· #717

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Uncommon

Antonyms

• arise
• rise
• sit
• stand

Synonyms

• consist