- recline, lie
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recline, lie
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lie — I. intransitive verb (lay; lain; lying) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English licgan; akin to Old High German ligen to lie, Latin lectus bed, Greek lechos Date: before 12th century 1. a. to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position ;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
lie — I 1. noun loyalty had made him tell lies Syn: untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, invention, fiction, piece of fiction, falsification; (little) white lie, half truth, exaggeration; informal tall tale, whopper, taradiddle Ant: truth … Thesaurus of popular words
lie — I 1. noun it was a lie Syn: untruth, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, invention, (piece of) fiction, falsification, white lie; informal tall story, whopper; humorous terminological inexactitude Ant: truth 2. verb he had lied to the police … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
lie — I. n. 1. Falsehood, malicious or deliberate falsification, intentional untruth, criminal falsehood, suggestio falsi, suppressio veri, fib (humorous euphemism). 2. Delusion, illusion, fleeting show. II. v. n. 1. Falsify, fib, tell a lie. 2.… … New dictionary of synonyms
recline — [v] lie down be recumbent, cant, heel, lay down, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, stretch out, tilt, tip; concepts 154,201 Ant. sit up, straighten … New thesaurus
recline — [ri klīn′] vt. reclined, reclining [ME reclynen < L reclinare < re , back + clinare, to lean: see INCLINE] to cause to lean or lie back or down; lay back vi. to lie or lean back or down; specif., to rest or repose lying down reclination… … English World dictionary
lie — [n] untruth aspersion, backbiting, calumniation, calumny, deceit, deception, defamation, detraction, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fable, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fib, fiction, forgery,… … New thesaurus
recline — ► VERB 1) lean or lie back in a relaxed position. 2) (of a seat) have a back able to move into a sloping position. DERIVATIVES reclinable adjective recliner noun. ORIGIN Latin reclinare, from clinare to bend … English terms dictionary
lie with — recline with; have sexual intercourse with … English contemporary dictionary
lie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. prevaricate, falsify, deceive; recline, rest, be situated; extend. See falsehood, deception, location, horizontal. Ant., fact, truth. lie detector II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An intentional… … English dictionary for students
recline — [[t]rɪkla͟ɪn[/t]] reclines, reclining, reclined 1) VERB If you recline on something, you sit or lie on it with the upper part of your body supported at an angle. [V prep] She proceeded to recline on a chaise longue... [V ing] Move to a reclining… … English dictionary
