I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , big fat ( informal ), great , monstrous
▪
He told a big fat ~!
▪ little
▪ absolute , complete , downright , flat-out ( AmE ), outright , total
▪
That's a downright ~!
▪ little white , white
▪
A little white ~ is surely excusable.
▪ deliberate
▪ bald-faced ( AmE ), barefaced , blatant , obvious , transparent
▪ elaborate
▪
a web of elaborate ~s
▪ outrageous
▪ vicious
VERB + LIE
▪ be
▪
That's a lie—I never said that!
▪ tell (sb)
▪ believe , swallow
▪
How could she swallow such a blatant ~?
▪ expose
▪ live
▪
He lived a ~ for thirty years, ‘married’ to two women.
LIE + NOUN
▪ detector
PHRASES
▪ a pack of ~s , a tissue of ~s , a web of ~s
▪ give the ~ to sth , put the ~ to sth (= prove that something is not true)
▪ spread ~s (about sb)
II.
verb
1 be in a flat position
ADVERB
▪ down
▪
He was lying down on the bed.
▪ there
▪
He just lay there smiling.
▪ comfortably , helplessly , limply , peacefully , quietly
PREPOSITION
▪ on
▪
She lay on her stomach.
▪ in
▪
She likes to ~ in bed all day.
PHRASES
▪ ~ asleep , ~ awake
▪
I used to ~ awake at night worrying about it.
▪ ~ dead , ~ unconscious
▪
A man lay dead in the middle of the road.
▪ ~ face down , ~ prone ( formal ), ~ prostrate ( formal )
▪
He was lying face down in the mud.
▪ ~ face up , supine ( formal )
▪
Lie face up with your feet on the floor.
▪ ~ flat
▪
I was lying flat on the floor.
▪ ~ motionless , ~ still
▪
Lie still while I put the bandage on.
▪ ~ naked
▪
She was still lying naked on the bed.
▪ ~ sprawled
▪
She lay sprawled on the sofa.
2 say sth that is not true
ADVERB
▪ convincingly
▪
He was unable to ~ convincingly.
▪ easily
▪ constantly , repeatedly
▪ blatantly
▪ deliberately , intentionally
▪ completely , outright , totally (all AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ about
▪
She ~d about her age.
▪ to
▪
Don't ~ to me.
PHRASES
▪ ~ through your teeth
▪ ~ under oath
Lie is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ challenge , ↑ corpse , ↑ crux , ↑ danger , ↑ destiny , ↑ difference , ↑ difficulty , ↑ dilemma , ↑ distinction , ↑ dust , ↑ explanation , ↑ farm , ↑ fog , ↑ greatness , ↑ guilt , ↑ hair , ↑ hand , ↑ hope , ↑ house , ↑ loyalty , ↑ mist , ↑ remains , ↑ route , ↑ shadow , ↑ snow , ↑ success , ↑ talent , ↑ taste , ↑ truth , ↑ value , ↑ weakness