lying
About 24.50 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)
- noun The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
- verb present participle and gerund of lie (“to intentionally give false information”)
- noun An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.
- adjective Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious
- verb simple past and past participle of lye
Similar words
prevarication mendacious untruthful fabrication cover-up resting deceiving deceit deception mendacity
Often followed by
on in down between at to there about and
Word family
lie
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