- lie on/upon
- lie on/upon [phrasal verb]lie on/upon (someone or something) : to affect someone in a specified way
Guilt lies on his conscience. [=he feels very guilty]
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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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Lie Yukou — (zh cpw|c=列圄寇/列禦寇|p=Lìe Yǔkòu| w= Lieh Yü k ou ; fl. ca. 400 BCE) is considered the author of the Daoist book Liezi , which uses his honorific name Liezi (列子; Lièzĭ; Lieh tzu; Master Lie ). The second Chinese character in Yukou is written kou 寇… … Wikipedia
lie upon — Lie on … New dictionary of synonyms
lie — lie1 /luy/, n., v., lied, lying. n. 1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. 2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived … Universalium
lie — I. /laɪ / (say luy) noun 1. a false statement made with intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. 2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression. 3. the charge or accusation of lying; a flat contradiction. –verb (lied …
lie — I [[t]laɪ[/t]] n. v. lied, ly•ing 1) a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; a falsehood 2) something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture 3) the charge or accusation of lying: He flung the lie back at his … From formal English to slang
Lie — For other uses, see Lie (disambiguation) A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others. To lie is to state something with disregard to… … Wikipedia
lie — I n 1. falsehood, untruth, prevarication, fib, white lie, little white lie, quibble, Inf. taradiddle; equivocation, evasion, fencing, Euph. departure from the truth; falsity, fiction, falsification, invention, concoction, fabrication, half truth … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lie upon — verb a) To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon. It lies upon the prosecution to prove that the defendant is guilty. b) To lie on. She was lying upon the bed … Wiktionary
