LIE IN WAIT

Meaning of LIE IN WAIT in English

waylay, ambush, hide out and wait

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

LIE IN WAIT — Synonyms and related words : abide, ambuscade, ambush, await, bide, couch, creep, gumshoe, lay for, lay wait, lay wait for, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIE IN WAIT — {v. phr.} To watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone; to ambush. * /The driver of the …
Slang English vocab
LIE IN WAIT — See ↑ HIDE 2
Longman Activator English vocab
LIE IN WAIT — {v. phr.} To watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone; to ambush. * /The driver of the …
Словарь английских идиом
LIE IN WAIT — watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone The police decided to lie in wait for the bank …
English Idioms vocab
LIE IN WAIT — v. phr. To watch from hiding in order to attack or surprise someone; to ambush. The driver of the stage-coach …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать кого-л. (for)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать кого-л. (for)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать (кого-л. - for)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIE IN WAIT — сидеть в засаде, подкарауливать, подстерегать, поджидать
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LIE IN WAIT — сидеть в засаде, подкарауливать, подстерегать, поджидать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать ( кого-л. - for )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать (кого-л. - for)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать кого-л. (for)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать кого-л. (for)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIE IN WAIT — лежать в засаде (с целью выследить и поймать преступника)
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
LIE IN WAIT — быть в засаде, поджидать кого-л. (for)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAIT — I. ˈwāt, usu -ād.+V verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English waiten, from Old North French waitier to watch, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIE — I. ˈlī verb ( lay ˈlā ; lain ˈlān ; or archaic lien ˈlï(ə)n ; ly·ing ˈlīiŋ ; lies ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIE — (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
LIE — ( adj. ) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIT — /wayt/ , v.i. 1. to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often fol. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIE — lie 1 /luy/ , n. , v. , lied, lying . n. 1. a false statement made with deliberate intent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAIT — I. ˈwāt verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French waiter, guaiter to watch over, await, of Germanic origin; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIE — I. ˈlī intransitive verb ( lay ˈlā ; lain ˈlān ; ly·ing ˈlī-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English licgan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAIT — vi one who watches; a watchman. 2. wait ·vi ambush. 3. wait ·vi the act of waiting; a delay; a …
Webster English vocab
LIE — noun ·see lye. 2. lie ·noun anything which misleads or disappoints. 3. lie ·adj to be still or quiet, like …
Webster English vocab
WAIT — [wait] vb [ME, fr. ONF waitier to watch, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG wahta watch, OE waeccan to watch--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIE — [lie] vi lay ; lain ; ly.ing [ME, fr. OE licgan; akin to OHG ligen to lie, L lectus bed, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIE — I . / laɪ; NAmE / verb , noun —see also lie (II) ■ verb ( lies , lying , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIT — / weɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. wait (for sb/sth) to stay where you are or delay …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIT — I. wait 1 S1 W1 /weɪt/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old North French ; Origin: waitier …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIE — I. lie 1 S2 W1 /laɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense lay /leɪ/, past participle lain /leɪn/, present participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAIT — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a defer action or departure for a specified time or until some expected event …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIE — n. & v. --n. 1 an intentionally false statement (tell a lie; pack of lies). 2 imposture; false belief (live …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIE — v. & n. --v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAIT — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a defer action or departure for a specified time or until some expected event …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIE — n. & v. n. 1 an intentionally false statement (tell a lie; pack of lies). 2 imposture; false belief (live …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIE — v. & n. v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAIT — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. a defer action or departure for a specified time or until some expected event …
Oxford English vocab
LIE — 1. v. & n. --v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1. be in or assume a horizontal position on …
Oxford English vocab
LIE — I. POSITION OR SITUATION /laɪ/ ( lies, lying, lay, lain) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIT — ( waits, waiting, waited) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAIT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a waiting list (= a list of people who are waiting for something ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mist hangs/lies somewhere (= stays in a place ) ▪ A thick mist …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WAIT — Synonyms and related words : abide, administer to, afterthought, attend, attend on, await, ballad singer, balladeer, bard, be patient, bear …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAIT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ endless , lengthy , long ▪ We had a long ~ to see the doctor. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , big fat ( informal ), great , monstrous ▪ He told a big fat …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WAIT — See ↑ WAIT 1,2,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't wait • ↑ lie in wait • ↑ make sb wait • …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAIT — INDEX: 1. to wait 2. what you say to tell someone to wait 3. a period of time when you …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIE — INDEX: to lie down 1. to lie down after you have been standing or sitting 2. to be in a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAIT — n. 25B6; verb we'll wait in the airport : STAY (PUT), remain, rest, stop, halt, pause; linger, loiter, dally; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WAIT — v. 1 tarry, linger, hold on, stay, bide (one's) time, mark time, stand by, Colloq cool (one's) heels, stick around, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIE — v. 1 recline, stretch out, be prostrate or recumbent or prone or supine I'm going to lie down for a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WAIT — verb 1 BAD : I'm waiting a letter from my boyfriend. GOOD : I'm expecting a letter from my boyfriend. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WAIT — 1. сущ. 1) ожидание; время ожидания long wait ≈ долгое ожидание We had a long wait for the bus. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIE — I 1. сущ. ложь, неправда, обман to pack, tissue, web of lies ≈ плести паутину лжи to tell a lie …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAIT — wait.ogg 1. weıt n 1. ожидание in wait for - в ожидании to have a long wait for smth. - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIE — lie.ogg _I 1. laı n 1> ложь white lie - невинная ложь; ложь во спасение thumping lie - наглая ложь …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
IN — in.ogg 1. ın n 1. 1> (the ins) pl парл. разг. политическая партия, находящаяся у власти см. тж. 2> обыкн. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAIT — вчт. ожидание || ожидать - busy wait - message wait - on-orbit wait - page wait - terminal I/O wait
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WAIT — вчт. ожидание || ожидать - busy wait - message wait - on-orbit wait - page wait - terminal I/O wait
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

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