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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
lie
▪ I. lie 1 [lie lies lay lain lying] verb, noun BrE [laɪ] NAmE [laɪ]
see also ↑lie 2
verb (lies, lying, layBrE [leɪ] ; NAmE [leɪ] lainBrE [leɪn] ; NAmE [leɪn] )
1. intransitive (of a person or an animal)to be or put yourself in a flat or horizontal position so that you are not standing or sitting
•+ adv./prep. to lie on your back/side/front
•+ adj. The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire.
2. intransitive (of a thing)to be or remain in a flat position on a surface
•+ adv./prep. Clothes were lying all over the floor.
•+ adj. The book lay open on his desk.
3. intransitive to be, remain or be kept in a particular state
•+ adj. Snow was lying thick on the ground.
• These machines have lain idle since the factory closed.
•+ adv./prep. a ship lying at anchor
•I'd rather use my money than leave it lying in the bank.
4. intransitive + adv./prep. (of a town, natural feature, etc.)to be located in a particular place
• The town lies on the coast.
5. intransitive + adv./prep. to be spread out in a particular place
• The valley lay below us.
6. intransitive ~ (in sth) (of ideas, qualities, problems, etc.)to exist or be found
• The problem lies in deciding when to intervene.
7. intransitive (BrE)to be in a particular position during a competition
•+ adv./prep. Thompson is lying in fourth place.
•+ adj. After five games the German team are lying second.
compare ↑lay
more at you've made your bed and you must lie on it at ↑bed n., be/lie at the bottom of sth at ↑bottom n., hang/lie heavy at ↑heavy adv., see, etc. how the land lies at ↑land n., let sleeping dogs lie at ↑sleep v.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English licgan Germanic Dutch liggen German liegen Indo-European Greek lektron lekhos Latin lectus ‘bed’
Thesaurus:
lie verb I (usually used with an adverb or preposition)
•A cat was lying in the sun.
lie down • • sprawl • • lounge • • bask • |formal recline •
lie/lie down/sprawl on your back/side/front
Example Bank:
•A man lay dead in the middle of the road.
•He just lay there smiling.
•He was lying down on the bed.
•He was lying face down in the mud.
•I used to lie awake at night worrying about it.
•I was lying flat on the floor.
•Lie face up with your feet on the floor.
•Lie still while I put the bandage on.
•She lay on her stomach.
•She lay sprawled on the sofa.
•She likes to lie in bed all day.
•She was still lying naked on the bed.
•The answer seems to lie elsewhere.
•The big difference between them lies in their attitudes.
•The blame lies with your parents.
•We must be prepared for whatever lies ahead.
•She lay on her back and looked up at the sky.
•You could see from his face that he was lying.
Idioms: ↑lie in state ▪ ↑lie in store ▪ ↑lie in wait ▪ ↑lie low ▪ ↑lie of the land ▪ ↑take something lying down
Derived: ↑lie around ▪ ↑lie back ▪ ↑lie behind something ▪ ↑lie down ▪ ↑lie in ▪ ↑lie with somebody
noun
Word Origin:
Old English licgan Germanic Dutch liggen German liegen Indo-European Greek lektron lekhos Latin lectus ‘bed’
See also: ↑lay of the land ▪ ↑lie about ▪ ↑sleep in
▪ II. lie 2 [lie lies lied lying] verb, noun BrE [laɪ] NAmE [laɪ]
see also ↑lie 1
verb (lies, lying, lied, lied)intransitive
to say or write sth that you know is not true
• You could see from his face that he was lying.
•~ (to sb) (about sth) Don't lie to me!
•She lies about her age.
•The camera cannot lie (= give a false impression).
see also ↑liar
Verb forms:
Word Origin:
Old English lyge lēogan Germanic Dutch liegen German lügen
Example Bank:
•Don't lie to me.
•He was unable to lie convincingly.
Idioms: ↑I tell a lie ▪ ↑give the lie to something ▪ ↑lie through your teeth ▪ ↑lie your way out of something
noun
a statement made by sb knowing that it is not true
•to tell a lie
•The whole story is nothing but a pack of lies.
•a barefaced lie (= a lie that is deliberate and shocking)
see also ↑white lie
more at live a lie at ↑live 1, a tissue of lies at ↑tissue
Thesaurus:
lie noun C
•The story is a pack of lies.
story • • nonsense • • fiction • |informal fib • |BrE, informal, disapproving rubbish • |especially AmE, informal, disapproving garbage • |formal fabrication • • falsehood • |law perjury • |taboo, slang, disapproving bullshit •
(a) complete lie/nonsense/fiction/rubbish/garbage/fabrication/falsehood/bullshit
tell (sb) a lie/story/fib/falsehood
believe a lie/a story/that nonsense/a fiction/that rubbish/that garbage/that bullshit
Example Bank:
•He lived a lie for thirty years, ‘married’ to two women.
•He lived a lie for thirty years, pretending to be the faithful husband of two different women living in two different towns.
•He told a big fat lie!
•He told a whopping great lie!
•How could she swallow such a blatant lie?
•That's a downright lie!
•That's a lie— I never said that!
•a web of elaborate lies
•As usual, the party's leaflet is full of barefaced lies.
•I couldn't tell her a lie.
•The whole story is nothing but a pack of lies.
•What's the harm in telling a little white lie?
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