lying
21lying — 1. noun she was no good at lying Syn: dishonesty, fabrication, fibbing, perjury, untruthfulness, mendacity, misrepresentation, deceit, duplicity Ant: honesty 2. adjective he was a lying womanizer Syn: dish …
22Lying — Lie Lie, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lied} (l[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying} (l[imac] [i^]ng).] [OE. lien, li[yogh]en, le[yogh]en, leo[yogh]en, AS. le[ o]gan; akin to D. liegen, OS. & OHG. liogan, G. l[ u]gen, Icel. lj[=u]ga, Sw. ljuga, Dan. lyve,… …
23lying-in — noun (plural lyings in or lying ins) Date: 15th century the state attending and consequent to childbirth ; confinement …
24lying — I. present part of lie II. adjective Etymology: Middle English leghynge, present participle of lien to lie Date: 14th century marked by or containing falsehoods ; false < a lying account of the accident > …
25lying — lying1 lyingly, adv. /luy ing/, n. 1. the telling of lies; untruthfulness. adj. 2. telling or containing lies; deliberately untruthful; mendacious; false: a lying report. [1175 1225; ME; see LIE1, ING1, ING2] Syn. 1. falsehood, falsity, mendacity …
26lying-in — 1. noun The final stages of pregnancy; accouchement. from our first knowing each other, which was soon after my lying in, we were almost inseparable companions [...] 2. adjective of, or relating to childbirth …
27lying-in — ly·ing in .lī iŋ in n, pl lyings in or lying ins the state attending and consequent to childbirth: CONFINEMENT * * * ly·ing in (li″ing inґ) 1. puerperal. 2. the puerperium …
28lying — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchancy, couchant, couche, crawling, credibility gap, debasement, deceit, deceitful, deceptive, decumbency, decumbent, delusive, delusory, depression, dishonest, dishonesty, draped …
29lying — [[t]la͟ɪɪŋ[/t]] Lying is the present participle of lie …
30lying-in — ly′ing in′ n. pl. ly•ings in, ly•ing ins, adj. 1) med the state of being in childbed; confinement 2) med pertaining to or providing facilities for childbirth: a lying in hospital[/ex] • Etymology: 1760–70 …
