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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: lie - lie of the land</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="lie"> lie (1), noun, verb, lied, lying.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. something that is not true, said to deceive; false statement known to be false by the person who makes it. Ex. A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies (Tennyson). <DD> 2. something that gives or is intended to give a false impression. Ex. My life was all a lie (William Godwin). <DD> 3. a false statement. Ex. Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering truth (Gertrude Atherton). <DD>v.i. 1. to tell a lie or lies. Ex. A faithful witness will not lie (Proverbs 14:5). <DD> 2. to make a false statement. <DD> 3. to give a false impression; mislead. Ex. (Figurative) That clock must be lying; it isn't noon yet. (Figurative.) The sun, who never lies, Foretells the change of weather in the skies (John Dryden). <DD>v.t. to get, bring, put, or otherwise maneuver, by lying. Ex. to lie oneself out of a difficulty. expr. give the lie to, <DD> a. to call a liar; accuse of lying. Ex. to give each other the lie in a tavern brawl (Robert Louis Stevenson). <DD> b. to show to be false; belie. Ex. His actions gave the lie to his statement. </DL> <A NAME="lie"> lie (2), verb, lay, lain, lying, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to have one's body in a flat position along the ground or other surface. Ex. to lie on the grass, to lie in bed. (SYN) recline, repose. <DD> 2. to assume such a position. Ex. to lie down on the couch. From off the wold I came, and lay Upon the freshly-flower'd slope (Tennyson). <DD> 3. to be in a horizontal or flat position; rest (on a surface). Ex. The book was lying on the table. <DD> 4. to be kept or stay in a given state. Ex. to lie idle, to lie hidden, to lie unused, to lie asleep. <DD> 5a. to be; be placed. Ex. a lake that lies to the south of us, a road that lies among the trees. The ship is lying at anchor. At Wakefield, six miles off, lay three thousand of the enemy (Lord Fairfax). Our course lay along the valley of the Rhone (Thomas Carlyle). <DD> b. (Figurative.) to exist; be found to be; have its place; belong. Ex. The cure for ignorance lies in education. What a future lies before him! <DD> 6. to be in the grave; be buried. Ex. His body lies in Plymouth. <DD> 7. (of the wind) to remain in a specified quarter. <DD> 8. (Archaic.) to spend the night; lodge. Ex. He lay that night at the deanery (Macaulay). <DD> 9. (Law.) to be sustainable or admissible. <DD>noun 1a. the manner, position, or direction in which something lies. Ex. I was able from this position to get a very good idea of the general lie of the Italian eastern front (H. G. Wells). <DD> b. the state, position, or aspect (as of affairs). See also lie of the land. <DD> 2. the place where an animal is accustomed to lie or lurk. <DD> 3. (Golf.) the position of the ball after a drive, in regard to obstacles on the ground or accessibility to the green. Ex. His ball landed in an unplayable lie. His second drive landed in the same woods (New York Times). expr. lie back, <DD> a. to lean backwards against some support. Ex. I shipped the oars and lay back thinking (Samuel R. Crockett). <DD> b. to hold back; keep from exerting oneself. Ex. Landy ran through his carefully planned routine. He lay back, just off the pace (Time). expr. lie by, <DD> a. to keep quiet; remain inactive: rest. Ex. I must go below, and lie by for a day or two (Richard Henry Dana). <DD> b. to remain unused; be laid up in store. Ex. I had ... pillows lying by of no use (Jane Carlyle). expr. lie down, <DD> a. to give up; succumb. Ex. You could say a man like me ought to be expected to lie down and quit the picture (Saul Bellow). <DD> b. to neglect; shirk. Ex. to lie down on the job. <DD> c. to die. Ex. ... "the opium of the people." Some of the dear dead phrases won't lie down (Norman Shrapnel). <DD> d. See take lying down below. expr. lie in, to be confined in childbirth. Ex. Five hungry children, and a wife lying in of a sixth (Henry Fielding). expr. lie low. See under low (1). expr. lie off, to stay not far from the shore or some other craft. Ex. Intending to lie off at Ramsey for contraband rum (Hall Caine). expr. lie over, <DD> a. to be left waiting until a later time. Ex. That matter can just as well lie over until fall. <DD> b. to suspend traveling; stop. Ex. We arrived there too late for the morning cars. We had, therefore, to lie over a day (John R. Bartlett). expr. lie to, to come almost to a stop, facing the wind. Ex. During the storm, the sailing ship lay to. expr. lie up, <DD> a. to go into or remain in retreat; remain inactive. Ex. A small herd are shown leaving one of the pools of mud in which they lie up during the day (New Scientist). <DD> b. to go into dock. Ex. There they [ships] must lie up, or be three or four years in their return from a place which may be sailed in six weeks (William Dampier). expr. lie with, to be up to; be the province of. Ex. It lies now with Turkey to take the initiative (Manchester Examiner). expr. take (something) lying down, to yield to (something); not stand up to (something). Ex. That was an insult he just couldn't take lying down, and he demanded an apology. </DL> <A NAME="lieabed"> lie-abed, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who lies late in bed; late riser; sluggard. </DL> <A NAME="liealgebra"> Lie algebra,<DL COMPACT><DD> an algebraic system that reduces independent quantities to groupings whose relationships are then subject to algebraic operation, used especially in studying the behavior of fundamental atomic structures. </DL> <A NAME="liebfraumilch"> Liebfraumilch, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (German.) a light-colored Rhine wine. </DL> <A NAME="liebigcondenser"> Liebig condenser,<DL COMPACT><DD> a condenser used in distilling liquids. </DL> <A NAME="lied"> lied (1), verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> the past tense and past participle of lie (1). Ex. That boy lied about his work. He has lied before. </DL> <A NAME="lied"> lied (2), noun, pl. lieder.<DL COMPACT><DD> a German song or ballad, especially one of the songs of Franz Schubert or Robert Schumann or one of similar character. </DL> <A NAME="liederkranz"> liederkranz, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a smooth cheese resembling Camembert in texture but with a stronger flavor and odor. <DD> 2. Liederkranz. (Trademark.) a name for this cheese. <DD> 3. Also, Liederkranz. <DD> a. a German male singing society. <DD> b. a collection of songs. </DL> <A NAME="liedetector"> lie detector,<DL COMPACT><DD> a device that records the physical reactions of an emotion felt by a person when asked questions; polygraph. It is used especially in crime detection to determine whether a person is lying or telling the truth. </DL> <A NAME="liedown"> lie-down, noun. =lie-in.</DL> <A NAME="lief"> lief, adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>adv. willingly. Ex. I would as lief go hungry as eat that nasty mess. <DD>adj. (Archaic.) 1. beloved; dear; precious. Ex. I charge thee, quickly go again, as thou are lief and dear (Tennyson). <DD> 2. willing; glad. Ex. He up arose, however lief or loth, And swore to him true fealtie for aye (Edmund Spenser). <DD> Also, lieve. </DL> <A NAME="liefly"> liefly, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> gladly; willingly. </DL> <A NAME="liege"> liege, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the relation between a lord and his vassals in the Middle Ages: <DD> a. a lord having a right to the homage and loyal service of his vassals; liege lord. Ex. The young knight knelt and swore loyalty to his liege. <DD> b. a vassal obliged to give homage and loyal service to his lord; liegeman. <DD>adj. 1. having a right to the homage and loyal service of vassals. <DD> 2. obliged to give homage and loyal service to a lord. Ex. every liege subject (Scott). <DD> 3. of or having to do with the relationship between vassal and lord. <DD> 4a. (Rare.) loyal; faithful. <DD> b. (Obsolete.) entitled and bound to mutual fidelity. </DL> <A NAME="liegeman"> liegeman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =vassal. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a faithful follower. Ex. sworn liegemen of the Cross (John Keble). </DL> <A NAME="liegroup"> Lie group,<DL COMPACT><DD> a mathematical group with a continuous operation in which it is possible to label the group elements by a finite number of coordinates. </DL> <A NAME="liein"> lie-in, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lying down of a group of people in a public place to disrupt traffic, business, or other affairs, as a form of protest or demonstration; lie-down. Ex. Pollution protesters staged a lie-in at government offices in Tokyo (Time). </DL> <A NAME="lien"> lien, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a claim on the property of another for payment of a debt. Ex. The garage owner has a lien upon my automobile until I pay his bill. </DL> <A NAME="lienal"> lienal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the spleen; splenic. </DL> <A NAME="lienitis"> lienitis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) inflammation of the spleen; splenitis. </DL> <A NAME="lienor"> lienor, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a person who holds a lien. </DL> <A NAME="lienteric"> lienteric, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> relating, having to do with, or affected with lientery. </DL> <A NAME="lientery"> lientery, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged partially or wholly undigested. </DL> <A NAME="lieoftheland"> lie of the land,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the way in which the land is laid out. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) the condition in which things are. See also lay of the land. </DL> <A HREF="lier.dic">NEXT</A>