A BARE-FACED LIE

Meaning of A BARE-FACED LIE in English

a deliberate lie, a planned lie

His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

A BARE-FACED LIE — a deliberate lie, a planned lie His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.
English Idioms vocab
FACED — (Verb) nag-atubang
English-Visayan vocabulary
LIE — I. ˈlī verb ( lay ˈlā ; lain ˈlān ; or archaic lien ˈlï(ə)n ; ly·ing ˈlīiŋ ; lies ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARE — I. ˈba(a)(ə)r, ˈbe(ə)r, ˈba(a)ə, ˈbeə adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bær; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FACED — ˈfāst adjective Etymology: face (I) + -ed : provided with a face or a facing a neatly faced terrace a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARÉ — bəˈrā, ˈbä(ˌ)rā noun ( plural baré or barés ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Spanish & Portuguese, of American Indian origin …
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
FACED — (a.) Having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.
Английский словарь Webster
FACED — (imp. & p. p.) of Face
Английский словарь Webster
BARE — (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.
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
BARE — ( a. ) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BARE — ( a. ) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast.
Webster's Revised 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
FACED — /fayst/ , adj. having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BARE — bare 1 — barish , adj. — bareness , n. /bair/ , adj., barer, barest , v.t., bared, baring . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FACED — adj. having a specific type of face or number of faces (i.e. wide-faced, two-faced); covered, coated; smoothed, dressed (about the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
BARE — I. ˈber adjective ( bar·er ; bar·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bær; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-FACED — : having (such) a face or (so many) faces rosy- faced two- faced
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIE — noun ·see lye. 2. lie ·noun anything which misleads or disappoints. 3. lie ·adj to be still or quiet, like …
Webster English vocab
FACED — impf & ·p.p. of face. 2. faced ·adj having (such) a face, or (so many) faces; as, smooth-faced, two-faced.
Webster English vocab
BARE — adj threadbare; much worn. 2. bare ·noun surface; body; substance. 3. bare ·- of bear. 4. bare ·adj with head …
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
BARE — [bare] adj bar.er ; bar.est [ME, fr. OE baer; akin to OHG bar naked, Lith basas barefoot] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-FACED — [-faced] adj comb form: having (such) a face or (so many) faces "rosy-faced" "two-faced"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-FACED — -faced BrE AmE ˈfeɪst feɪst ▷ — stony-faced ˌstəʊn i ˈfeɪst ◂ ˈ••• AmE \ ˌstoʊn-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIE — I . / laɪ; NAmE / verb , noun —see also lie (II) ■ verb ( lies , lying , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARE — / beə(r); NAmE ber/ adjective , verb ■ adjective ( barer , bar·est ) 1. not covered by any clothes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
BARE — I. bare 1 /beə $ ber/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: bær ] 1 . WITHOUT …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
BARE — adj. & v. --adj. 1 (esp. of part of the body) unclothed or uncovered (with bare head). 2 without appropriate …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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
BARE — adj. & v. adj. 1 (esp. of part of the body) unclothed or uncovered (with bare head). 2 without appropriate …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIE — 1. v. & n. --v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1. be in or assume a horizontal position on …
Oxford English vocab
BARE — adj. & v. --adj. 1. (esp. of part of the body) unclothed or uncovered (with bare head). 2 without appropriate …
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
-FACED — -faced combines with adjectives to form other adjectives that describe someone’s face or expression. ...a slim, thin-faced man... The committee …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BARE — ( barer, barest, bares, baring, bared) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mist hangs/lies somewhere (= stays in a place ) ▪ A thick mist …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BARE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bare floor (= not covered by anything ) ▪ Father Murphy led me …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BARE — adj. bare assed bare handed buff bare
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LIE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , big fat ( informal ), great , monstrous ▪ He told a big fat …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BARE — I. verb Bare is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ claw , ↑ fang , ↑ soul , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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
BARE — adj. 25B6; adjective he was bare to the waist : NAKED, unclothed, undressed, uncovered, stripped, with nothing on, nude, in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
BARE
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FACED — in retail, making stocked items on shelves look neat and tidy, and making available product look more visible, by pulling …
Raynet Business and Marketing English Glossary
LIE — I 1. сущ. ложь, неправда, обман to pack, tissue, web of lies ≈ плести паутину лжи to tell a lie …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FACED — облицованный bare faced tenon ≈ поперечный замок внакладку heavy faced type ≈ шрифт жирного начертания - faced wall облицованный; отделанный; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BARE — 1. прил. 1) значение лишенности одежды в той или иной степени а) голый, обнаженный тж. перен. The hills were bare …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FACED — Уважаемый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FACED — Облицованный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
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
FACED — a 1. облицовочный; отделанный; покрытый; обтянутый faced wall - стр. облицованная стена 2. (-faced) как компонент сложных слов со значением …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BARE — bare.ogg 1. beə a 1. 1> нагой,голый; обнажённый bare knees — голые коленки bare feet — босые ноги bare to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FACED — облицованный; отделанный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FACED — (a) облицовочный; обтянутый; отделанный; покрытый
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary

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