Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY!
Home - Quote Topics - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Author Nationalities Authors:    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
Web brainyquote.com

Definition of Lie

Lie See Lye. A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive. A fiction; a fable; an untruth. Anything which misleads or disappoints. To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in. To lodge; to sleep. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country. Related Definitions: Abide, Abiding, Acted, Along, An, Another, Any, Anything, As, At, Be, Bed, Being, Belong, Book, Capable, Certain, Coffin, Condition, Consist, Country, Deceive, Deception, Displeasure, Do, Does, Down, Exist, Extended, Fable, Fallow, Falsehood, Fiction, For, Grieving, Ground, Have, He, Hid, His, Horizontal, In, Intended, Intention, Intentional, Is, Just, Know, Land, Lay, Lie, Like, Living, Lodge, Longer, Lye, Lying, Maintained, Mercy, Morality, Nearly, Not, Occupy, Of, Often, On, One, Open, Or, Out, Paper, Pertain, Place, Port, Position, Predicated, Prostate, Purpose, Put, Quiet, Remain, Representation, Rest, Right, River, Roof, Say, See, Self, Ship, Situated, Sleep, Smooth, Snow, So, Spoken, State, Still, Stretched, Support, Sustainable, Table, That, The, Time, To, Truth, Under, Untruth, Utter, Uttered, Violation, Wall, Waste, Way, West, When, Which, With

Lie Quotations Don't lie if you don't have to. Leo Szilard Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music. Jimi Hendrix A lie cannot live. Martin Luther King, Jr. A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain My entire life has been a lie. Bobby Darin

Lie Translations lie in Dutch is liggen lie in Finnish is maata, valehdella lie in Portuguese is mentira lie in Spanish is mentir, positura, trapacear, mentira

Quotes    RSS Feeds        Copyright 2008 BrainyMedia.com	About Us Inquire Privacy Terms Copyright