lying
11lying — [adj] dishonest committing perjury, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, delusory, dissembling, dissimulating, double crossing*, doubledealing*, equivocating, false, falsifying, fibbing, guileful, inventing, mendacious, misleading, misrepresenting,… …
12lying — lying1 [lī′iŋ] vi. prp. of LIE1 lying2 [lī′iŋ] vt., vi. prp. of LIE2 adj. false; not truthful n. the telling of a lie or lies SYN. DISHONEST …
13Lying — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Lying Produktionsland USA …
14Lying — Lie Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan …
15lying — Philosophical discussions embrace the usage according to which a lie is the deliberate utterance of a falsehood, with the intent to deceive or mislead an audience. Saying something false inadvertently, or saying something false knowing that the… …
16lying — {{11}}lying (1) early 13c., action of LIE (Cf. lie) (v.2) to recline. Lying in being in childbed is attested from mid 15c. {{12}}lying (2) c.1300 (n.), action of LIE (Cf. lie) (v.1) to tell an untruth …
17lying-in — /luy ing in /, n., pl. lyings in, lying ins, adj. n. 1. the state of being in childbed; confinement. adj. 2. pertaining to or providing facilities for childbirth: a lying in hospital. [1400 50; late ME lyynge in. See LIE2, ING1, IN] * * * …
18lying — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In the act of lying] Syn. untruthful, falsifying, prevaricating, swearing falsely, committing perjury, fibbing, misstating, misrepresenting, inventing, dissimuLating, equivocating, malingering. Ant. frank*, truthful,… …
19lying — 1. noun she was no good at lying Syn: untruthfulness, fabrication, fibbing, perjury, white lies; falseness, falsity, dishonesty, mendacity, telling stories, invention, misrepresentation, deceit, duplicity; literary perfidy Ant: honesty …
20lying — in·ter·lying; lying; …
