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lying1 definition

ly·ing (lī′iŋ)

intransitive verb

lie
lying2 definition

ly·ing (lī′iŋ)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

lie

adjective

false; not truthful

noun

the telling of a lie or lies

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

lying Synonyms

lying

modif.

  1. In the act of lying

    untruthful, falsifying, prevaricating, swearing falsely, committing perjury, fibbing, misstating, misrepresenting, inventing, dissimulating, equivocating, malingering.

    Antonyms frank*, truthful*, veracious. *

  2. Given to lying

    dishonest, deceitful, unreliable, double-dealing; see dishonest 1, 2.

  3. Not reliable

    unsound, tricky, treacherous; see false 2, unreliable 2.

  4. Prostrate

    supine, reclining, jacent, resting, horizontal, procumbent, resupine, reposing, recumbent, flat, fallen, prone, crashed, dropped, tumbled, powerless. See syn. study at dishonest.dishonest.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

lying Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • ground: Autumn leaves big and small Falling all around Falling from the trees so tall Lying on the ground.

Preposition: in

  • bed: EXPOSURE by Fran Lavery Chapter Five Lying in bed that night, Jessica happily decided that she had had the best day possible.
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lying quotes

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.

-Bible (NewTestament)

Diplomacy, n. The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

-Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett

There are two ways you can tell when a man is lying†when he says he can drink champagne all night and not get drunk†[and] when he says he understands Russians.

-Bohlen, Charles Eustis

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