LIE


Meaning of LIE in English

I

n.

falsehood

1) to tell a ~

2) to give the ~ to ('to prove to be false')

3) a bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, deliberate, downright, monstrous, outright, transparent, whopping; white ~

4) a pack, tissue, web of ~s

5) ( misc. ) to live a ~ ('to continue to do something which is felt to be dishonest')

II

v.

1) to ~ flatly, outright

2) ( D ; intr. ) ('to tell a falsehood') to ~ to (he ~d to the judge)

III

v.

1) ('to be') to ~ ahead

2) ('to be in a reclining position') to ~ flat; still

3) ( P ; intr. ) ('to be located') to ~ in bed; Mexico ~s to the south

4) (s) to ~ fallow (the field lay fallow)

5) ( misc. ) to ~ in wait for

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.