lie
1. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (Freq. 13)
• Syn:
prevarication
• Derivationally related forms:
prevaricate (for: prevarication)
• Hypernyms:
falsehood, falsity, untruth
• Hyponyms:
fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle,
jactitation, whopper, walloper, white lie
2. position or manner in which something is situated
• Hypernyms:
position, place
1. be located or situated somewhere;
occupy a certain position (Freq. 88)
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
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
• Verb Group:
rest
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- The children lie in the rocking chair
- There lie some children in the rocking chair
2. be lying, be prostrate;
be in a horizontal position (Freq. 58)
- The sick man lay in bed all day
- the books are lying on the shelf
• Ant:
stand, sit
• Hyponyms:
sun, sunbathe, sprawl, recumb, repose,
recline, overlie, lie awake, bask
• Verb Group:
lie down
• Entailment:
lie down
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. originate (in) (Freq. 15)
- The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
• Syn:
dwell, consist, lie in
• Hypernyms:
exist, be
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
4. be and remain in a particular state or condition (Freq. 14)
- lie dormant
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- Somebody ----s Adjective
5. tell an untruth;
pretend with intent to deceive (Freq. 9)
- Don't lie to your parents
- She lied when she told me she was only 29
• Derivationally related forms:
liar, lying
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Hyponyms:
romance, perjure, fib
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s to somebody
6. have a place in relation to something else (Freq. 4)
- The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West
- The responsibility rests with the Allies
• Syn:
rest
• Hypernyms:
be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
7. assume a reclining position (Freq. 4)
- lie down on the bed until you feel better
• Syn:
lie down
• Ant:
arise (for: lie down)
• Hypernyms:
change posture
• Hyponyms:
stretch, stretch out, charge, prostrate, bow down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
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