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lie
Overview of noun lie
The noun lie has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (13) lie, prevarication -- (a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth)
2. Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie -- (Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968))
3. lie -- (position or manner in which something is situated)
Overview of verb lie
The verb lie has 7 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (89) lie -- (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)
2. (58) 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")
3. (15) dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in -- (originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country")
4. (14) lie -- (be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant")
5. (9) 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")
6. (4) 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")
7. (4) lie down, lie -- (assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lie
3 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie
INSTANCE OF=> diplomat, diplomatist
=> official, functionary
=> skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
lie
=> position, place
=> point
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun lie
1 of 3 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
=> fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
=> jactitation
=> whopper, walloper
=> white lie
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lie
3 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
Sense 2
Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie
INSTANCE OF=> diplomat, diplomatist
Sense 3
lie
=> position, place
Antonyms of noun lie
Member Holonyms of noun lie
Substance Holonyms of noun lie
Part Holonyms of noun lie
Member Meronyms of noun lie
Substance Meronyms of noun lie
Part Meronyms of noun lie
Meronyms of noun lie
Holonyms of noun lie
Attributes of noun lie
Derived Forms of noun lie
2 of 3 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
RELATED TO>(verb) lie#5
=> lie
Sense 3
lie
RELATED TO>(verb) lie#6
=> lie, rest
RELATED TO>(verb) lie#4
=> lie
RELATED TO>(verb) lie#3
=> dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
RELATED TO>(verb) lie#2
=> lie
RELATED TO>(verb) lie#1
=> lie
Domain of noun lie
Domain Terms of noun lie
Familiarity of noun lie
lie used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun lie
3 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie, prevarication
> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> dodge, dodging, scheme
=> lie, prevarication
=> fabrication, fiction, fable
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
=> contradiction, contradiction in terms
Sense 2
Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie
> diplomat, diplomatist
=> ambassador, embassador
=> charge d'affaires
=> consul
=> envoy, envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary
=> high commissioner
=> internuncio
=> minister, diplomatic minister
=> nuncio, papal nuncio
=> persona grata
=> persona non grata
=> plenipotentiary
HAS INSTANCE=> Bunche, Ralph Bunche, Ralph Johnson Bunche
HAS INSTANCE=> Dulles, John Foster Dulles
HAS INSTANCE=> Galbraith, John Galbraith, John Kenneth Galbraith
HAS INSTANCE=> Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet
HAS INSTANCE=> Grotius, Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot
HAS INSTANCE=> Hammarskjold, Dag Hammarskjold, Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold
HAS INSTANCE=> Harriman, Averell Harriman, William Averell Harriman
HAS INSTANCE=> Harris, Townsend Harris
HAS INSTANCE=> Hull, Cordell Hull
HAS INSTANCE=> Jay, John Jay
HAS INSTANCE=> Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger
HAS INSTANCE=> Le Duc Tho
HAS INSTANCE=> Lesseps, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps
HAS INSTANCE=> Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie
HAS INSTANCE=> Nicolson, Harold Nicolson, Sir Harold George Nicolson
HAS INSTANCE=> Page, Thomas Nelson Page
HAS INSTANCE=> Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
HAS INSTANCE=> Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson
HAS INSTANCE=> Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim
Sense 3
lie
> position, place
=> half-mast
=> lead
=> pole position
=> polls
=> pride of place
=> anomaly
=> site, situation
=> setting
=> juxtaposition
=> lie
=> post, station
=> pitch
=> landmark
=> right
=> left
=> back, rear
=> front
=> stand
=> station
=> vantage
Meronyms of noun lie
2 of 3 senses of lie
Holonyms of noun lie
Grep of noun lie
adelie
beatrice lillie
border collie
broglie
capercaillie
collie
coolie
creeping charlie
de broglie
elinor morton hoyt wylie
folie
ghillie
gillie
goalie
jersey lillie
kylie
lie
lie-abed
lie-in
lie detector
liebfraumilch
liebig condenser
liechtenstein
liechtensteiner
lied
lieder singer
liederkranz
liege
liege lord
liege subject
liegeman
lien
lienal artery
liepaja
lietuva
lieu
lieutenancy
lieutenant
lieutenant colonel
lieutenant commander
lieutenant general
lieutenant governor
lieutenant jg
lieutenant junior grade
lillie
louis victor de broglie
mealie
mollie
stoolie
terre adelie
trygve halvden lie
trygve lie
weary willie
white lie
wylie
Antonyms of verb lie
1 of 7 senses of lie
Sense 2
lie
Antonym of stand (Sense 1)
=>stand, stand up
Antonym of sit (Sense 1)
=>sit, sit down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lie
7 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie
=> be
Sense 2
lie
Sense 3
dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
=> exist, be
Sense 4
lie
=> be
Sense 5
lie
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 6
lie, rest
=> be
Sense 7
lie down, lie
=> change posture
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb lie
5 of 7 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie
=> nestle
=> intervene
=> top
=> mediate
=> ride
=> lap
=> localize, localise, focalize, focalise
=> slant
=> precede, predate
=> underlie
=> cap, crest
=> front, look, face
=> back
=> flank
=> head
=> dominate, command, overlook, overtop
=> line, run along
=> orient, point
=> look out on, look out over, overlook, look across
Sense 2
lie
=> sun, sunbathe
=> sprawl
=> recumb, repose, recline
=> overlie
=> lie awake
=> repose
=> bask
Sense 3
dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
=> inhere
=> pertain, appertain
Sense 5
lie
=> romance
=> perjure
=> fib
Sense 7
lie down, lie
=> stretch, stretch out
=> charge
=> prostrate, bow down
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lie
7 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie
=> be
Sense 2
lie
Sense 3
dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
=> exist, be
Sense 4
lie
=> be
Sense 5
lie
=> misinform, mislead
Sense 6
lie, rest
=> be
Sense 7
lie down, lie
=> change posture
'Cause To' of verb lie
Derived Forms of verb lie
6 of 7 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie
RELATED TO>(noun) lie#3
=> lie
Sense 2
lie
RELATED TO>(noun) lie#3
=> lie
Sense 3
dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
RELATED TO>(noun) lie#3
=> lie
Sense 4
lie
RELATED TO>(noun) lie#3
=> lie
Sense 5
lie
RELATED TO>(noun) lie#1
=> lie, prevarication
RELATED TO>(noun) liar#1
=> liar, prevaricator
RELATED TO>(noun) lying#1
=> lying, prevarication, fabrication
Sense 6
lie, rest
RELATED TO>(noun) lie#3
=> lie
Domain of verb lie
Domain Terms of verb lie
Familiarity of verb lie
lie used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb lie
7 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie
EX: The children lie in the rocking chair
EX: There lie some children in the rocking chair
Sense 2
lie
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 4
lie
*> Something ----s Adjective/Noun
*> Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 5
lie
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s to somebody
Sense 6
lie, rest
*> Something ----s something
Sense 7
lie down, lie
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb lie
6 of 7 senses of lie
Sense 1
lie
> be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away
=> reach, extend to, touch
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> go, lead
=> cover, continue, extend
=> extend, poke out, reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 3
dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
> exist, be
=> come
=> preexist
=> kick around, knock about, kick about
=> coexist
=> prevail, hold, obtain
=> dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
=> endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril
=> flow
=> distribute
Sense 4
lie
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 5
lie
> misinform, mislead
=> lie
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> sandbag
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
Sense 6
lie, rest
> be
=> stretch, stretch along
=> attend, go to
=> occupy, fill
=> dwell, live, inhabit
=> inhabit, occupy
=> stand back, keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away
=> reach, extend to, touch
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend
=> go, lead
=> cover, continue, extend
=> extend, poke out, reach out
=> lie
=> sit
=> face
=> straddle
=> follow
=> center on
=> lie, rest
=> belong, go
=> come
Sense 7
lie down, lie
> change posture
=> straighten
=> arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up
=> fall
=> fall, fall down
=> right
=> sit down, sit
=> lie down, lie
=> sink, drop, drop down
=> hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over
=> straighten, unbend
=> bow
=> uncurl
=> sit up
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb lie
Sense 1
lie
=> be
Sense 6
lie, rest
=> be
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Sense 2
lie
Sense 7
lie down, lie
=> change posture
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Sense 3
dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in
=> exist, be
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Sense 4
lie
=> be
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Sense 5
lie
=> misinform, mislead
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Grep of verb lie
belie
lie
lie about
lie around
lie awake
lie dormant
lie down
lie in
lie in wait
lie low
lie with
overlie
underlie
Grep of adj lie
liechtensteiner
liege
lienal
Grep of adv lie
lief
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