Lie - English meaning

verb

Lie exposed to warmth and light, typically from the sun, for relaxation and pleasure.

Usage examples:

Sprawled figures basking in the afternoon sun

verb

To lie or sit and enjoy warmth

Usage examples:

On top of the wall, a cat basked happily in the sun., fig. marina basked in the crowd’s admiration …

verb

Exist.

Usage examples:

There are no easy answers

prefix

(forming verbs) all over; all round.

Usage examples:

Bespatter

abbreviation

Bachelor of education.

noun

The action of deceiving someone.

Usage examples:

Obtaining property by deception

verb

Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs.

Usage examples:

An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble

verb

To hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts

Usage examples:

He accused the government of dissembling.

verb

Conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character).

Usage examples:

A country gentleman who dissimulates his wealth beneath ragged pullovers

verb

To hide your real feelings, character, or intentions

Usage examples:

They did not try to dissimulate their grief.

prefix

1,000,000,000,000,000,000 times the stated unit

Usage examples:

An exabyte

verb

Invent (something) in order to deceive.

Usage examples:

Officers fabricated evidence

verb

To invent or produce something in order to deceive

Usage examples:

She fabricated charges that her boss was stealing money., that story is a complete fabrication.

verb

To manufacture something

Usage examples:

Techniques for fabricating microchips on circuits are advancing all the time., the company's main b…

noun

The action or process of manufacturing or inventing something.

Usage examples:

The assembly and fabrication of electronic products

noun

The act of inventing false information in order to deceive someone, or the false information itself

Usage examples:

The report stopped short of accusing anyone of fabrication of evidence., the evidence he gave in co…

noun

The state of being untrue.

Usage examples:

The truth or falsehood of the many legends which surround her

noun

Something that is not true; a lie

noun

The action of falsifying information or a theory.

Usage examples:

An investigation into fraud and the falsification of records

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Usage examples:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Usage examples:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

noun

The fact of being untrue, incorrect, or insincere.

Usage examples:

He exposed the falsity of the claim

noun

The state of not being correct

Usage examples:

Events have shown the falsity of such beliefs., society, he claims, is built on falsity and pretence.

noun

A lie, typically an unimportant one.

Usage examples:

Why did you tell him such a dreadful fib?

verb

Tell a fib.

Usage examples:

But a cornell professor recently claimed to have established the truth of a curious proposition: we…

noun

An unimportant lie

Usage examples:

Have you been telling fibs about me?, george was fibbing some to make things seem more exciting.

noun

Literature in the form of prose, especially novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

noun

The type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and does not describe real people or deal with facts, or a false report or statement that you pretend is true

Usage examples:

[ u ] she wrote detective fiction and made a good living at it., [ c usually sing ] it was a fictio…

noun

The action of inventing something, typically a process or device.

Usage examples:

The invention of printing in the 15th century

noun

Something newly designed or created, or the activity of designing or creating new things

Usage examples:

[ c ] the mountain bike was a california invention., [ u ] the invention of the pressure cooker pro…

noun

A product or a way of doing something which has never been made or never existed before

Usage examples:

Turning an invention from an idea into a money-making product is a long job., a new inventions, the…

verb

Sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way.

Usage examples:

The two girls lolled in their chairs

verb

To lie or sit in a relaxed, informal way, or (esp. of the tongue) to hang loosely

Usage examples:

She lolled in an armchair., the patient lay with her mouth open, her tongue lolling out.

verb

Lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way.

Usage examples:

Several students were lounging about reading papers

noun

A public room in a hotel, theatre, or club in which to sit and relax.

Usage examples:

The hotel has a pleasant lounge and bar

noun

A public room for relaxing or waiting in

Usage examples:

A faculty lounge, she was lounging on the beach.

verb

Speak or act in an evasive way.

Usage examples:

He seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions

verb

To avoid telling the truth or saying exactly what you think

Usage examples:

He accused the minister of prevaricating.

verb

Lean or lie back in a relaxed position with the back supported.

Usage examples:

She was reclining in a deckchair

verb

Move the upper body backwards and down

verb

Make or become less tense or anxious.

Usage examples:

He relaxed and smiled confidently

verb

Make less taut

verb

To become or cause someone to become calm and comfortable, and not worried or nervous, or to become or cause a muscle or the body to become less tight

Usage examples:

[ i ] she saw a need for a downtown club where women could relax., [ t ] this exercise will help yo…

noun

A state of rest, sleep, or tranquillity.

Usage examples:

In repose her face looked relaxed

verb

Be situated or kept in a particular place.

Usage examples:

The diamond now reposes in the louvre

verb

Place something, especially one's confidence or trust, in.

Usage examples:

We have never betrayed the trust that you have reposed in us

verb

Cease work or movement in order to relax, sleep, or recover strength.

Usage examples:

He needed to rest after the feverish activity

noun

An instance or period of resting.

Usage examples:

You look as though you need a rest

verb

Remain or be left in a specified condition.

Usage examples:

You can rest assured she will do everything she can

verb

Sit, lie, or fall with one's arms and legs spread out in an ungainly way.

Usage examples:

The door shot open, sending him sprawling across the pavement

noun

An ungainly or carelessly relaxed position in which one's arms and legs are spread out.

Usage examples:

She fell into a sort of luxurious sprawl

noun

A lie or false statement (often used euphemistically).

Usage examples:

They go off and tell untruths about organizations for which they worked

noun

A statement that is not true

Usage examples:

It's not the first time that the paper has been in trouble for printing untruths about people's pri…