lie

English

/laɪ̯/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
  • (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
  • (intransitive) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
  • Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
  • Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
  • Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
  • (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
  • To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  • (legal) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lien (tell a falsehood, lie) inherited from Old English liċġan (lie down, be situated) inherited from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (lie, recline) derived from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down), *legʰ- (lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*legʰ-

Gloss

lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down

Concept
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