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51lie about — verb hang around idly She did all the work while he lay around • Syn: ↑lie around • Hypernyms: ↑idle, ↑laze, ↑slug, ↑stagnate • Verb Frames …
52lie of the land — Chiefly Brit. See lay of the land. * * * lie of the land (figurative) The current situation • • • Main Entry: ↑lie * * * lie of the land, 1. the way in which the land is laid out. 2. Figurative. the condition in which things are. See also …
53LIE — Fürstentum Liechtenstein …
54lie detector — a polygraph used to determine changes in certain body activities, as blood pressure, pulse, breathing, and perspiration, the results of which may be interpreted to indicate the truth or falsity of a person s answers under questioning. [1905 10,… …
55lie — Lye Lye, n. [Written also {lie} and {ley}.] [AS. le[ a]h; akin to D. loog, OHG. louga, G. lauge; cf. Icel. laug a bath, a hot spring.] 1. A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in… …
56Lie Yukou — Liezi (auch Liä Dsi, Lieh Tzu oder Liä Tse, 列 子), Meister Lie, (um 450 v. Chr.) war ein chinesischer Philosoph der daoistischen Richtung, der das Werk Das wahre Buch vom quellenden Urgrund (ins deutsche übersetzt von Richard Wilhelm) verfasst… …
57lie — [OE] English has two words lie. The verb ‘recline’ goes back, together with its Germanic relatives (German liegen, Dutch liggen, Swedish ligga. Danish ligge), to a prehistoric base *leg , a variant of the base *lag which produced lay. Both come… …
58lie-down — /laɪ ˈdaʊn/ (say luy down) noun a rest taken while lying down: *This nation was built on a cup of tea, a Bex, and a good lie down. –phillip adams, 1977. Also, (in non standard use), lay down …
59lie doggo — [“lai “dogo] in. to remain unrecognized (for a long time). (See also doggo. Old, but standard English.) □ This problem has lain doggo since 1967. □ If you don’t find the typos now, they will lie doggo until the next edition …
60lie — [OE] English has two words lie. The verb ‘recline’ goes back, together with its Germanic relatives (German liegen, Dutch liggen, Swedish ligga. Danish ligge), to a prehistoric base *leg , a variant of the base *lag which produced lay. Both come… …
