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   What does lying to someone mean?

   • An abstract/emotional verb meaning to lie to someone. This phenomenon is actually very old going back to the year 1877 of the days of Horace Beard, Sr. In those days, Horace was the town drunk, and always tried to get a free shot of whiskey from the town bar by telling the bartender that he was getting paid the following week.

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   What does it mean if you tell a lie?

   • A lie is something you say that is not true. You told me a lie! When you lie somewhere, your body is flat, and you are not standing or sitting. Lie on the bed and close your eyes for a while. Read about the team of authors behind Collins Dictionaries.

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   What does lie mean in English?

   • Lie is used in formal English, especially on gravestones, to say that a dead person is buried in a particular place. The inscription reads: Here lies Catin, the son of Magarus. [VERB preposition/adverb]

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   How do you use lie in a sentence?

   • [VERB preposition/adverb] You can use lie to say that something is or remains in a particular state or condition. For example, if something lies forgotten, it has been and remains forgotten. She turned back to the Bible lying open in her lap.

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLYING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   (Definition of lying from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of lying? Translations of lying. in Chinese (Traditional) （lie的現在分詞）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （lie的现在分词）… See more. in Spanish. participio presente de "lie"… See more. in Portuguese. particípio presente de "lie"…

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     LYING meaning: 1. present participle of lie 2. present...

   • Lie

     If something lies in a particular place, position, or...

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   The meaning of LYING is marked by or containing untrue statements : false. How to use lying in a sentence.

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5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishLYING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Definition of 'lying' Word Frequency. lying. (laɪɪŋ ) A2. Lying is the present participle of lie 1. It was not clear if he was lying. More Synonyms of lying. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. British English pronunciation. American English pronunciation. Collins. Apps. English Quiz. Confusables.

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   the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness: From boyhood, he has never been good at lying. Synonyms: prevarication, mendacity, falsity, falsehood. Antonyms: veracity, truth.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLIE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   If something lies in a particular place, position, or direction, it is in that place, position, or direction: There's an old pair of shoes of yours lying at/in the bottom of the wardrobe. The river lies 30 km to the south. The team is lying third in the league.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › lyingLying - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   is spoken (ironically) by someone who's been caught lying and, instead of admitting it, says the evidence is wrong, as well as the person who's looking right at it. If you engage in lying, you're fabricating, prevaricating, or speaking falsely. You are deliberately deviating from the truth.

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   to speak untruthfully with intent to mislead or deceive. 2. to convey a false impression or practise deception. the camera does not lie. noun. 3. an untrue or deceptive statement deliberately used to mislead. 4. something that is deliberately intended to deceive.