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11Lie — 1. v. & n. v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a supporting surface; be at rest on something. 2 (of a thing) rest flat on a surface (snow lay on the ground). 3 (of abstract things) remain… …
12lie around — phrasal verb lie about or lie around [intransitive] Word forms lie about : present tense I/you/we/they lie about he/she/it lies about present participle lying about past tense lay about past participle lain about 1) to have been left somewhere… …
13lie*/*/*/ — [laɪ] (present participle lying [ˈlaɪɪŋ] ; past tense lay [leɪ] ; past participle lain [leɪn] ) verb I 1) to be or put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on a surface such as the floor or a bed She was lying on the beach reading a… …
14lie — 1 /laI/ verb present participle lyingpast tense lay, past participle lain /leIn/ 1 FLAT POSITION a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, on a bed etc (+ on/in/there etc): He was lying on… …
15lie — 01. The child admitted he had [lied] when the stolen toy was found in his room. 02. The policeman told the driver to get out of his car, and [lie] on the ground. 03. Masa is a really honest guy who would never [lie] to his girlfriend. 04. Why don …
16lie around — (in BRIT, also use lie about) 1) PHRASAL VERB If things are left lying around or lying about, they are not tidied away but left casually somewhere where they can be seen. [V P] People should be careful about their possessions and not leave them… …
17lie around — verb hang around idly (Freq. 1) She did all the work while he lay around • Syn: ↑lie about • Hypernyms: ↑idle, ↑laze, ↑slug, ↑stagnate …
18Lie group — Lie groups …
19lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… …
20lie — lie1 [lī] vi. lay, lain, lying [ME lien < 2d & 3d pers. sing. of earlier liggen < OE licgan, to lie, akin to Ger liegen < IE base * legh , to lie, lay oneself down > L lectus & Gr lēchos, bed, lōchos, lair] 1. to be or put oneself in… …
