گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'lie'

1 عمومی:: دروغ‌

2 عمومی:: (vi&tvn):دروغ‌ گفتن‌

3 عمومی:: كذب‌

4 عمومی:: سخن‌ نادرست‌ گفتن‌

5 :: لی

1 general:: verb recline: I will lie down and take a nap. verb exists: The trouble lies with his education. noun untruths: Her lies got her into trouble. verb prevaricate: You will suffer if you lie.

2 general:: lie in sth UK to exist or be found in something • His skill lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply. • The play's interest lies in the questions it raises about sexuality.

3 general::   noun ADJ. big, monstrous, (whopping) great He told a whopping great lie! | little | complete, downright, outright That's a downright lie! | white A little white lie is surely excusable. | deliberate | barefaced, blatant, obvious, transparent | elaborate a web of elaborate lies VERB + LIE tell (sb) | believe, swallow How could she swallow such a blatant lie? | live He lived a lie for thirty years, pretending to be the faithful husband of two different women living in two different towns. LIE + NOUN detector PHRASES a pack/tissue/web of lies

4 general:: lie/tell a lie to deliberately tell someone something that is not true: • She had lied to protect her son. • Are you accusing me of telling lies? fib verb [ intransitive ] informal to lie, especially about something that is not very important – used especially by children: • Dan’s fibbing. I didn’t hit him. make something up/invent something to invent a story, explanation etc in order to deceive someone: • I didn’t want to go so I made up an excuse and said I was busy. • He invented the tale to prevent his parents from finding out the truth. mislead verb [ transitive ] to make someone believe something that is not true by giving them false or incomplete information: • The government misled the public over the war. be economical with the truth to only tell someone part of the truth – often used when saying indirectly that someone is lying: • He admitted that he had perhaps been economical with the truth. perjure yourself/commit perjury to tell a lie in a court of law: • He had perjured himself in court. • Witnesses will be prosecuted if they commit perjury.

5 general:: lie in UK to stay in bed later than usual in the morning • It was a Sunday, so she could lie in till almost lunch time.

6 general::   verb be in a flat position ADV. down He was lying down on the bed. PREP. on She lay on her stomach. PHRASES lie asleep/awake I used to lie awake at night worrying about it. | lie face down/prostrate lying face down in the mud | lie flat lying flat on the floor | lie motionless/still Lie still while I put the bandage on. | lie sprawled She lay sprawled on the sofa. say sth that is not true ADV. convincingly He was unable to lie convincingly. | easily PREP. about She lied about her age. | to Don't lie to me.

7 general:: lie around to spend time lying down and doing very little • I spent a week in Spain, lying around on the beach.

8 general:: lie behind sth If something lies behind something else, it is the hidden cause of it • Do you know what lies behind their decision?

9 general:: lie up mainly UK to hide from police officers, soldiers, etc. who are looking for you • The escaped prisoners lay up in a barn for a few weeks, until the search had been called off.

10 general:: lie about/around If things are lying about/around, they are left in places where they should not be • Has anyone seen my keys lying about? • I wouldn't leave any money lying around the office if I were you.

11 general:: lie back to move the top half of your body from a sitting to a lying position • She lay back in the dentist's chair and tried to relax.

12 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with LIE, Also see BAREFACED LIE; GIVE THE LIE TO; (LIE) IN STATE; LAY OF THE LAND (HOW THE LAND LIES); LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE; LIVE A LIE; MAKE ONE'S BED AND LIE IN IT; TAKE LYING DOWN; WHITE LIE.

13 general:: lie down to move into a position in which your body is flat, usually in order to sleep or rest • He lay down on the bed and tried to relax.

14 general:: lie verbs tell (somebody) a lie • He got into trouble for telling a lie. believe a lie • How could you believe his lies? spread lies (= tell them to a lot of people ) • How dare you spread such vicious lies? adjectives a complete/total/outright lie (= something that is completely untrue ) • Of course the whole thing was a complete lie. • She didn't want to tell her mother an outright lie. a white lie (= a small lie that you tell someone for good reasons, for example to avoid hurting their feelings ) • We all have to tell white lies sometimes. a downright lie (= used when something is a clearly a lie, especially when you feel annoyed ) • That's a downright lie. I never said any such thing! a vicious lie (= one that is very unkind and very untrue ) • He told the court that it was a vicious lie from beginning to end. a blatant lie (= an obvious lie ) • He felt sure Adams was not convinced by such blatant lies. a barefaced lie British English , a bald-faced lie American English (= an obvious lie that is told with no sense of shame ) • How can you stand there and tell me such a barefaced lie? an elaborate lie • Her parents didn’t realise that it was all an elaborate lie. a big lie • The lawyer said it was a ‘big lie’ that Jones had not received the message. phrases a pack of lies informal ( also a tissue of lies British English formal ) (= a lot of lies ) • Everything he had told me was a pack of lies. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say ' say a lie '. Say tell a lie .