lie

Definition

Examples

The old documents lie in a box under the stairs.

Word Family

Synonyms

• reclinemove the upper body backwards and down
• misleadlead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

Collocations

• Easy tell a lie
  to tell a lie, meaning to express in words
• Medium lie ahead of schedule
  to lie ahead of schedule, meaning to be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
• Hard where the root cause lies
  a collocation phrase: where the root cause lies
• Very Hard let sleeping dogs lie
  to let sleeping dogs lie, meaning to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen