Lying

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Present participle of lie1.
  • v. Present participle of lie2.
  • adj. Disposed to or characterized by untruth: a lying witness. See Synonyms at dishonest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of lie.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • of lie, to tell a falsehood.
  • of lie, to be supported horizontally.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A place where one lies.
  • Being prostrate. See lie.
  • n. Falsehood; untruthfulness.
  • Mendacious; false; deceptive: as, a lying rumor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  • Antonym
    frank   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    lien    lying to    lying panel   
    Variant
    lie   
    Hyponym
    paltering    fibbing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    equivocatory    pseudology    false    truthless    mendacious    fabulous    fabling    equivocation    falsehood    mendacity   
    Verb Stem
    lie   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    allying    applying    belying    buying    complying    crying    decrying    defying    denying    drying