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lie - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth |
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prevarication |
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untruth,
falsehood,
falsity a false statement
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fib,
tale,
taradiddle,
tarradiddle,
story a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
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jactitation (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
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whopper,
walloper a gross untruth; a blatant lie
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white lie an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)
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lie - position or manner in which something is situated |
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place,
position an abstract mental location; "he has a special place in my thoughts"; "a place in my heart"; "a political system with no place for the less prominent groups"
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Lie - Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) |
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lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position |
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lie,
rest tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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nestle position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"
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intervene occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
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top finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a cognac"; "top the evening with champagne"
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mediate occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"
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ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow"
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lap take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"
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focalise,
focalize,
localise,
localize restrict something to a particular area
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slant present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
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predate,
precede establish something as being earlier relative to something else
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underlie be or form the base for
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cap,
crest restrict the number or amount of; "We had to cap the number of people we can accept into our club"
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front,
face,
look confront bodily; "breast the storm"
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back strengthen by providing with a back or backing
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flank be located at the sides of something or somebody
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head remove the head of; "head the fish"
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overtop,
command,
dominate,
overlook make someone do something
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run along,
line reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring"
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orient,
point familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances; "The dean of students tries to orient the freshmen"
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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"
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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" |
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stand up,
stand defend against attack or criticism; "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
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sit down,
sit take a seat
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lie down,
lie assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
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lie down,
lie assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
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sunbathe,
sun expose one's body to the sun
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sprawl sit or lie with one's limbs spread out
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recumb,
recline,
repose lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"
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overlie kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"
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lie awake lie without sleeping; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long"
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repose put or confide something in a person or thing; "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"
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bask be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun"
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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" |
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misinform,
mislead give false or misleading information to
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romance tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
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perjure knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
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fib tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"
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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" |
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rest |
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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lie - be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant" |
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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