Definition of Lie

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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.

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Lie Quotations

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
Dalai Lama

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
Winston Churchill

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
Mark Twain

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
Mark Twain

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.
Mark Twain

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Mark Twain

A lie cannot live.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Half a truth is often a great lie.
Benjamin Franklin

The lie is a condition of life.
Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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