lie
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(verb) tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
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Related Words: cover up, fib, misinform, mislead, perjure, romance |
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(verb) be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"l "the books are lying on the shelf" |
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Related Words: overlie, repose, sprawl |
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Antonyms: sit, stand |
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(verb) assume a resting position, as on a flat surface |
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Related Words: bask, lie awake, recline, repose, rest, sun, sunbathe |
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(verb) be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position |
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Related Words: back, be, cap, command, crest, dominate, face, flank, front, head, lap, line, localize, look, look across, look out on, look out over, orient, overlook, overtop, point, precede, predate, ride, run along, slant, underlie |
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(verb) have a place in relation to something else: "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies" |
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Synonyms: rest |
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Related Words: be, occur |
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(verb) be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant" |
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Related Words: be |
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(noun) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
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Synonyms: prevarication |
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Related Words: false statement, falsehood, falsity, fib, jactitation, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, untruth, whopper |
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(noun) position or manner in which something is situated |
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Related Words: place, position |
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(verb) assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
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Synonyms: lie down |
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Related Words: bow down, change posture, charge, prostrate, stretch, stretch out |
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(verb) originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" |
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Synonyms: belong, consist, dwell, lie in |
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Related Words: appertain, be, exist, inhere, pertain |
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