| lying | | |
| n. (act) | 1. fabrication, lying, prevarication | the deliberate act of deviating from the truth. |
| ~ falsification, misrepresentation | a willful perversion of facts. |
| ~ fibbing, paltering | a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear. |
| perjury | | |
| n. (act) | 1. bearing false witness, lying under oath, perjury | criminal offense of making false statements under oath. |
| ~ infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement | a crime less serious than a felony. |
| prevarication | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. lie, prevarication | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth. |
| ~ falsehood, untruth, falsity | a false statement. |
| ~ fib, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tale, story | a trivial lie.; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" |
| ~ jactitation | (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law). |
| ~ whopper, walloper | a gross untruth; a blatant lie. |
| ~ white lie | an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite). |
| n. (attribute) | 2. equivocation, evasiveness, prevarication | intentionally vague or ambiguous. |
| ~ equivocalness, ambiguity | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning. |
| ~ untruthfulness | the quality of being untruthful. |
| perjure | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. perjure | knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury. |
| ~ lie | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
| ~ depone, depose, swear | make a deposition; declare under oath. |
| lie | | |
| n. (person) | 1. lie, trygve halvden lie, trygve lie | Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968). |
| ~ diplomat, diplomatist | an official engaged in international negotiations. |
| n. (location) | 2. lie | position or manner in which something is situated. |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| v. (stative) | 3. lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ nestle | lie in a sheltered position.; "The little cottage nestles in the forest" |
| ~ intervene | be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events.; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened" |
| ~ top | be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point.; "A star tops the Christmas Tree" |
| ~ mediate | occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others.; "mediate between the old and the new" |
| ~ ride | lie moored or anchored.; "Ship rides at anchor" |
| ~ lap | lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another. |
| ~ focalise, focalize, localise, localize | concentrate on a particular place or spot.; "The infection has localized in the left eye" |
| ~ slant | lie obliquely.; "A scar slanted across his face" |
| ~ precede, predate | come before.; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" |
| ~ underlie | lie underneath. |
| ~ cap, crest | lie at the top of.; "Snow capped the mountains" |
| ~ front, face, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
| ~ back | be in back of.; "My garage backs their yard" |
| ~ flank | be located at the sides of something or somebody. |
| ~ head | be in the front of or on top of.; "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| ~ overtop, command, overlook, dominate | look down on.; "The villa dominates the town" |
| ~ line, run along | be in line with; form a line along.; "trees line the riverbank" |
| ~ orient, point | be oriented.; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" |
| ~ look across, look out on, look out over, overlook | be oriented in a certain direction.; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson" |
| ~ rest, lie | 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" |
| v. (contact) | 4. lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ sun, sunbathe | expose one's body to the sun. |
| ~ sprawl | sit or lie with one's limbs spread out. |
| ~ recumb, recline, repose | lean in a comfortable resting position.; "He was reposing on the couch" |
| ~ overlie | lie upon; lie on top of.; "the granite overlies the older rocks" |
| ~ lie awake | lie without sleeping.; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long" |
| ~ repose | lie when dead.; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum" |
| ~ bask | be exposed.; "The seals were basking in the sun" |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| v. (stative) | 5. consist, dwell, lie, lie in | originate (in).; "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| v. (stative) | 6. lie | be and remain in a particular state or condition.; "lie dormant" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (communication) | 7. lie | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
| ~ misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ romance | tell romantic or exaggerated lies.; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" |
| ~ perjure | knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury. |
| ~ fib | tell a relatively insignificant lie.; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying" |
| v. (stative) | 8. lie, rest | 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" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| v. (motion) | 9. lie, lie down | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ change posture | undergo a change in bodily posture. |
| ~ stretch out, stretch | lie down comfortably.; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass" |
| ~ charge | lie down on command, of hunting dogs. |
| ~ bow down, prostrate | get into a prostrate position, as in submission. |
Recent comments
3 weeks 4 days ago
7 weeks 6 days ago
9 weeks 2 days ago
24 weeks 4 days ago
24 weeks 4 days ago
24 weeks 4 days ago
25 weeks 1 day ago
29 weeks 3 days ago
30 weeks 2 days ago
31 weeks 23 hours ago