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lying
1. v. present participle of lie (to rest in a horizontal position id=to rest.
2. n. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
3. v. present participle of lie (to intentionally give false information) id=false.
4. n. An act of telling a lie or falsehood.
lie
1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin
2. v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
3. v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hidden; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves
The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
4. v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. v. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
7. v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
8. v. (legal) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
9. n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
10. n. (disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
11. n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
12. v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
While a principle-based approach might claim that lying is always morally wrong, the casuist would argue that, depending upon the details of the case, lying might or might not be illegal or une
13. v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
Photographs often lie.
Hips don't lie.
14. v. (intransitive) To succeed or excel at lying; lie successfully; show one's expertise or mastery in the art of lying.
Wow, that boy can really lie!
15. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
16. n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
17. n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
18. n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.
resting
1. n. The action of rest
2. n. A place where one can rest; a resting-place.
3. n. A pause; a break; an interlude.
4. adj. That which rests; that which is not in action or in the process of growth.
5. adj. Unemployed.
6. adj. Remaining; stationary.
7. v. present participle of rest
rest
1. n. (of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
The sun sets, and the workers go to their rest.
2. n. Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
3. n. Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
4. n. (of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
The ocean was finally at rest.
Now that we're all in agreement, we can put that issue to rest.
5. n. (euphemistic) A final position after death.
She was laid to rest in the village cemetery.
6. n. (music) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
Remember there's a rest at the end of the fourth bar.
7. n. (music) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
8. n. (physics) Absence of motion.
The body's centre of gravity may affect its state of rest.
9. n. (snooker) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.
Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.
10. n. Any object designed to be used to support something else.
She put the phone receiver back in its rest.
He placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair.
11. n. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
12. n. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
13. n. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
14. n. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals after which compound interest is added to capital.
15. n. (dated) A set or game at tennis.
16. v. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
17. v. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
18. v. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
19. v. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
My day's work is over; now I will rest. We need to rest the horses before we ride any further. I shall not rest until I have uncovered the truth. Rest assure
20. v. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
The blame seems to rest with your father.
21. v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
A column rests on its pedestal.
I rested my head in my hands. She rested against my shoulder. I rested against the wall for a minute.
22. v. (intransitive, transitive, legal, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding, and thus to wait for the outcome (however, one is still generally available to answer questions
The defense rests, your Honor. I rest my case.
23. v. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
24. v. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
25. v. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
26. v. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
The decision rests on getting a bank loan.
27. v. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
28. n. That which remains.
She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
29. n. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
30. n. (finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
31. v. (obsolete) To remain.
32. v. (obsolete) To arrest.
reclining
1. adj. Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
a reclining armchair
2. adj. (botany) Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.
3. v. present participle of recline
4. n. The act of one who reclines.
recline
1. v. To cause to lean back; to bend back.
2. v. To put in a resting position.
She reclined her arms on the table and sighed.
3. v. (intransitive) To lean back.
to recline against a wall
4. v. (intransitive) To put oneself in a resting position.
to recline on a couch
5. n. A mechanism for lowering the back of a seat to support a less upright position; Also, the action of lowering the back using such a mechanism.
recumbent
1. adj. Lying down.
2. adj. Inactive; idle.
3. n. A bicycle or tricycle that places the rider in a reclined posture.

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