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verb
  1. 1
    to be in a position in which your body is flat on a surface such as the floor or a bed

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

    To sit or lie down: bed down, bunk, collapse, cuddle up, curl up, down, fall, flop, hunker down, lay... more
    1. a.
      to put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on a surface

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

      To change your position: balance, bend, bestride, bow, burrow, cower, crane, crook, crouch, double over... more
  2. 2
    to be on a particular surface or in a particular place

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

    To be in a particular position or place: occupy, set, exist, lie, sit, stand, there is/are etc., concentrate, belong, get... more
    1. a.
      used for saying where a place is

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

      To be in a particular position or place: occupy, set, exist, lie, sit, stand, there is/are etc., concentrate, belong, get... more
    2. b.
      formal used for saying where someone is buried

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

      Funerals and burial: ashes, bier, box, burial, bury, casket, coffin, cortege, cremains, cremate... more
  3. 3
    to be in a particular position in a competition

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

    To take part in a competition or game: play, race, meet, contest, represent, take up, face, enter, ride, duel... more
  7. 7
    past tense lied
    past participle lied
    to deliberately say something that is not true

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

    To tell lies and deceive people: misspeak, deceive, make up, invent, lie, concoct, fabricate, manufacture, mislead, bend the truth... more
    1. a.
      if something lies, it shows or suggests facts that are not true

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of lie*

      To seem unreal or untrue: lie, ring hollow, add up, belie, have a hollow ring... more

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