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- noun Plural form of
lie . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
lie . - adjective Mid-Ulster
Great ,wonderful
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Examples
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Of a carpet or any inanimate subject we should say, "It lies on the floor," "A knife _lies_ on the table," not _lays_.
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Yet some ill natured skeptics have construed this to mean that all will tell lies sometimes, for -- as they accent it, even "Truth _lies_, at the bottom of a well!"
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On the whole, no man ought, for any cause, to speak lies, or have anything to do with _lies; _ but either hold his tongue, or speak a bit of the truth: that is the meaning of a _tongue, _ people used to know!
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.
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***don't forget to point out the smearing lies the lying smearers are smearing with all their lies***
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Different people may have equally no doubt as to what “gay marriage” means, but different opinions on where the term lies on this continuum.
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The best way for pathalogical liers to not get caught in lies is to not say anything at all.
Think Progress » McClellan Walks Back Denial of NY Daily News Story
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Meanwhile, the originator of the phrase "Liberal Fascism" was H.G. Wells, and his conception of the term lies at the very heart of my book's argument.
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The real meat of the title lies in its elements of combat and questing.
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The real meat of the title lies in its elements of combat and questing.
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The real meat of the title lies in its elements of combat and questing.
anydelirium commented on the word lies
'The cruelest lies are often told in silence.' -Robert Louis Stevenson
February 18, 2008
GHibbs commented on the word lies
It is important to distinguish the 2 verbs 'lie/lies/lying/lay/lain' which is about position and 'lie/lies/lying/lied' which is about telling what is untrue.
September 8, 2011