lie
$ \mathrm{lie}^1 | lī |
verb (lies, lying | ˈlī-iNG | ; past lay | lā | ; past participle lain | lān | ) no object, with adverbial 1. (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface:
e.g. the man lay face downward on the grass
e.g. I had to lie down for two hours because I was groggy
e.g. Lily lay back on the pillows and watched him.
(of a thing) rest flat on a surface:
e.g. a book lay open on the table.
(of a dead person) be buried in a particular place.
2. be, remain, or be kept in a specified state:
e.g. the church lies in ruins today
e.g. putting homeless families into apartments that would otherwise lie empty.
(of something abstract) reside or be found:
e.g. the solution lies in a return to “traditional family values.”.
3. (of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction:
e.g. the small town of Swampscott lies about ten miles north of Boston.
(of a scene) extend from the observer's viewpoint in a specified direction:
e.g. stand here, and all of Amsterdam lies before you.
4. Law (of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable.
noun (usually the lie)
the way, direction, or position in which something lies.
Golf the position in which a golf ball comes to rest, especially as regards the ease of the next shot.
the lair or place of cover of an animal.
PHRASES
let something lie
take no action regarding a controversial or problematic matter.
lie heavy on one
cause one to feel troubled or uncomfortable.
lie in state
(of the corpse of a person of national importance) be laid in a public place of honor before burial.
lie low
(especially of a criminal) keep out of sight; avoid detection or attention: at the time of the murder he appears to have been lying low in a barn.
take something lying down
usually with negative accept an insult, setback, rebuke, etc., without reacting or protesting.
lie in wait
conceal oneself, waiting to surprise, attack, or catch someone.
PHRASAL VERBS
lie ahead
be going to happen; be in store: I'm excited by what lies ahead.
lie around/about
(of an object) be left carelessly out of place: there were pills and potions lying around in every corner of the house.
(of a person) pass the time lazily or aimlessly: you all just lay around all day on your backsides, didn't you?
lie behind
be the real, often hidden, reason for (something): a subtle strategy lies behind such silly claims.
lie in
British remain in bed after the normal time for getting up.
archaic (of a pregnant woman) go to bed to give birth.
lie off
Nautical (of a ship) stand some distance from shore or from another ship.
lie to
Nautical (of a ship) come almost to a stop with its head toward the wind.
lie with
1. (of a responsibility or problem) be attributable to (someone): the ultimate responsibility for the violence lies with the country's president.
2. archaic have sexual intercourse with.
ORIGIN
Old English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed’.
USAGE
The verb lie (‘assume a horizontal or resting position’) is often confused with the verb lay (‘put something down’), giving rise to incorrect uses such as he is laying on the bed (correct use is he is lying on the bed) or why don't you lie the suitcase on the bed? (correct use is why don't you lay the suitcase on the bed?). The confusion is only heightened by the fact that lay is not only the base form of to lay, but is also the past tense of to lie, so while he is laying on the bed is incorrect, he lay on the bed yesterday is quite correct. For more discussion of these lie and lay verb forms, see usage at lay1.
$ \mathrm{lie}^2 | lī |
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noun
e.g. Mungo felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie.: ムンゴはアリスに嘘を教えたことに恥ずかしさの心の痛みを感じた。
人を欺くもの, 誤信させるもの, まやかし, ぺてん.
e.g. all their married life she had been living a lie.: 彼女が偽りの生活を送った彼らの結婚生活のすべて
live a lie:〖通例進行形で〗偽りの生活を送る, 隠しごとのある生活をする, 本心とは裏腹の人生を送る «人に/…について» うそをつく «to/about» (→ liar) e.g. why had Wesley lied about his visit to Philadelphia?: ウェスレーはなぜフィラデルフィアの訪問について嘘をついたのだ
e.g. with direct speech : “I am sixty-five,” she lied.: 「私は65歳です」と彼女は嘘をついた。
(lie one's way into/out of) get oneself into or out of a situation by lying: 自身を嘘を付くことによる状況に入り込む、から抜け出す líe one's way/oneself into/out of A: うそをついてA〈状況〉に入り込む, から逃れる
e.g. you lied your way on to this voyage by implying you were an experienced sailor.: あなたは自分が経験豊富な船乗りであることをほのめかすことで嘘をついてこの船旅に入り込んだ。
〈写真･数などが〉(人を)欺く, 間違った印象を与える (!進行形にしない) .
e.g. the camera cannot lie.: カメラは欺くことができない。
PHRASES
give the lie to
serve to show that (something seemingly apparent or previously stated or believed) is not true: these figures give the lie to the notion that Britain is excessively strike-ridden.
I tell a lie (or that's a lie)
British informal an expression used to correct oneself immediately when one realizes that one has made an incorrect remark: I never used to dream—I tell a lie, I did dream when I was little.
lie through one's teeth
informal tell an outright lie without remorse.
ORIGIN