Lying

//ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious not-comparable, usually

    "Gloster: Then, Saunder, sit there, the lyingest knave in Christendom."

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.

    "1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al. But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?"

  2. 2
    An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.

    "[W]hether a man would fain be pleased with sin, or be quiet and fearless when he hath sinned, or continue in it, or persuade others to it, he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools, or such as have made themselves so, or are made so by others."

  3. 3
    the deliberate act of deviating from the truth wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward."

  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of lie (“to intentionally give false information”) form-of, gerund, participle, present
  3. 3
    simple past and past participle of lye form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) + -ing.

Etymology 2

lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) + -ing.

Etymology 3

lie (“to intentionally give false information”) + -ing.

Etymology 4

lie (“to intentionally give false information”) + -ing.

Etymology 5

lie (“to intentionally give false information”) + -ing.

Etymology 6

lye. (a chemical liquid)

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