(lī) v.i. lay, lain, ly·ing
1. To rest or place oneself prone or at full length, as on a bed: often with down: He is lying down.
2. To be on or rest against a surface: The sign is lying next to the wall.
3. To be or continue in or as in a specified condition or position: to lie in ambush: to lie at a disadvantage.
4. To be situated: Rome lies in a plain of central Italy.
5. To extend in some direction: Our route lies northward.
6. To have source or cause; exist: usually with in: His trouble lies in his carelessness.
7. To be buried, as in a tomb.
8. Law To be maintainable, as a criminal charge.
—to lie (or lay) down on the job U.S. Colloq. To loaf; do something in a desultory manner.
—to lie in To be in childbed.
—to lie in wait (for) To wait in ambush (for).
—to lie low Slang To go into hiding.
—to lie to Naut. To remain nearly stationary with the bow as near the wind as possible.
—to lie with Archaic To have sexual intercourse with.
—noun
1. The position or arrangement in which a thing lies; manner of lying; lay.
2. The lair of an animal. [OE licgan]

(lī) noun
1. An untruth; falsehood.
2. Anything that deceives or creates a false impression.
3. An accusation of lying: to give him the lie.
—white lie An untruth uttered or implied in deference to conventionality, expediency, or courtesy; a fib.
—to give the lie to
1. To accuse of lying.
2. To expose as false; belie.
—v. lied, ly·ing v.i.
1. To make untrue statements knowingly, especially with intent to deceive.
2. To give an erroneous or misleading impression: Figures do not lie.
—v.t.
3. To bring or obtain by lying: He lied his way out of trouble. [OE lyge] Synonyms (noun): deceit, deception, fabrication, falsehood, untruth. A lie is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive. The novel or drama is not a lie, because not meant to deceive; the ancient teaching that the earth was flat was not a lie, because not then known to be false. Untruth is more than lack of accuracy, implying always lack of veracity; but it is a somewhat milder and more dignified word than lie. See DECEPTION, FRAUD. Antonyms: fact, truth, veracity.

(lē), Jonas Lauritz,
1833–1908, Norwegian novelist.
—Jonas,
1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
—Trygve,
1896–1968, Norwegian statesman; first secretary general of the United Nations.