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81Lie — /lee/, n. 1. Jonas, 1880 1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway. 2. (Marius) Sophus /mah rddee oos soh foos/, 1842 99, Norwegian mathematician. 3. Trygve Halvdan /trig veuh hahlv dahn/; Nor. /trddyuug veuh hahlv dahn/, 1896 1968, Norwegian statesman …
82lie to — v. (D; intr.) to lie to about (she lied to me about the incident) * * * [ laɪ tuː] (D; intr.) to lie to about (she lie tod to me about the incident) …
83lie — See: give the lie to, let sleeping dogs lie, make one s bed and lie in it …
84lie — I. n. 1. Falsehood, malicious or deliberate falsification, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, suggestio falsi, suppressio veri, fib (humorous euphemism). 2. Delusion, illusion, fleeting show. II. v. n. 1. Falsify, fib, tell a lie. 2.… …
85lie in — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms lie in : present tense I/you/we/they lie in he/she/it lies in present participle lying in past tense lay in past participle lain in British to stay in bed in the morning for longer than usual We usually lie… …
86lie up — intransitive verb 1. : to stay in bed or at rest his doctor insists … the patient should lie up for 5 weeks Lancet : keep to one s room, den, or covert the lions were lying up after feeding 2. of a ship : to go into or remain in a dock (as for… …
87lie-by — /luy buy /, n., pl. lie bys. Brit. 1. a paved section alongside a highway for automobiles in need of emergency repairs. 2. a railroad siding. [1640 50; n. use of v. phrase lie by] * * * …
88lie — 1. verb /laɪ̯/ a) To be in a horizontal position. Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our lifes curiosity doth go. b) To be placed or situated. Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the… …
89Lie — Recorded in various spellings including Lay, Lie, Lie, Lye, and patronymics including Lays, Lias, Lies, Lis, Lys, Lyes, and probably others, this is an English surname. Like the more popular spellings of Lea, Lee, Leigh, Leas, and Lees, it is of… …
90lie in — phr verb Lie in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑answer, ↑appeal, ↑cause, ↑danger, ↑difficulty, ↑fault, ↑genius, ↑importance, ↑interest, ↑origin, ↑originality, ↑ …
