lie

lie is a 3-letter English word with 23 senses as noun, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Lye. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 4 · 23 senses

Definitions

1. noun. See Lye.
2. noun. A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
3. noun. A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
4. noun. Anything which misleads or disappoints.
5. intransitive verb. To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
6. adjective. To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
7. adjective. To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
8. adjective. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
9. adjective. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
10. adjective. To lodge; to sleep.
11. adjective. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
12. adjective. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
13. noun. The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
14. noun. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

    Synonyms: prevarication

15. noun. position or manner in which something is situated
16. noun. Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
17. verb. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

    "Don't lie to your parents"

    "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

18. verb. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

    "The sick man lay in bed all day"

    "the books are lying on the shelf"

19. verb. assume a reclining position

    "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

20. verb. originate (in)

    "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

    Synonyms: consist, dwell

21. verb. be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
22. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: rest

23. verb. be and remain in a particular state or condition

    "lie dormant"

Synonyms

prevarication, consist, dwell, rest

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lie:

eli, ile, lei

Common word forms

lied, lier, lies, liest

Words from these letters

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