lie(“torest in ahorizontalposition”) +-ing.
lying
- presentparticiple andgerund oflie(“torest in ahorizontalposition”)
1811,
Jane Austen,
Sense and Sensibility19:
- Without shutting herself up from her family ... orlying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward.
- Not to be confused withlaying.
lying (plurallyings)
- The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
- 1854, Saint Augustine,Expositions on the Book of Psalms,Psalm LXIV, translated byPhilip Schaff et al.
- But whom could thelyings in wait of the human heart escape?
act of keeping low to the ground
lie(“tointentionallygivefalseinformation”) +-ing.
lying
- presentparticiple andgerund oflie(“tointentionallygivefalseinformation”)
lying (plurallyings)
- Anact oftelling alie orfalsehood.
1653,Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon XX.[Apples of Sodom; or, The Fruits of Sin.] Part II.”, inReginald Heber, editor,The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published1822,→OCLC,page298:[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, bylyings, 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.
Translations to be checked
lying (not generallycomparable,comparativemorelyingorlyinger,superlativemostlyingorlyingest)
- Tending to tell lies,untruthful,mendacious
1591 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i]:Gloster: Then, Saunder, sit there, thelyingest knave in Christendom.
c.1590–1592 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act INDUCTION, scene ii]:Sly: Ask Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she know me not: if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale, score me up for thelyingest knave in Christendom.
1998, Charlotte Vale Allen,Mixed Emotions[1], Island Nation Press LLC,→ISBN, page178:“God, how you lie, skinny! You’re about thelyingest woman I’ve ever met. I’ll be damned if I’ll keep on asking questions when it’s plain as day you’re not about to give out any answers.
lye.(a chemical liquid)
lying
- simplepast andpastparticiple oflye
