lie+flat
41lie — I. /laɪ / (say luy) noun 1. a false statement made with intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. 2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression. 3. the charge or accusation of lying; a flat contradiction. –verb (lied …
42lie — I n 1. falsehood, untruth, prevarication, fib, white lie, little white lie, quibble, Inf. taradiddle; equivocation, evasion, fencing, Euph. departure from the truth; falsity, fiction, falsification, invention, concoction, fabrication, half truth …
43lie — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. prevaricate, falsify, deceive; recline, rest, be situated; extend. See falsehood, deception, location, horizontal. Ant., fact, truth. lie detector II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An intentional… …
44lie — 01. The child admitted he had [lied] when the stolen toy was found in his room. 02. The policeman told the driver to get out of his car, and [lie] on the ground. 03. Masa is a really honest guy who would never [lie] to his girlfriend. 04. Why don …
45lie — I [[t]laɪ[/t]] n. v. lied, ly•ing 1) a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; a falsehood 2) something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture 3) the charge or accusation of lying: He flung the lie back at his …
46lie — I. intransitive verb (lay; lain; lying) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English licgan; akin to Old High German ligen to lie, Latin lectus bed, Greek lechos Date: before 12th century 1. a. to be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position ;… …
47lie*/*/*/ — [laɪ] (present participle lying [ˈlaɪɪŋ] ; past tense lay [leɪ] ; past participle lain [leɪn] ) verb I 1) to be or put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on a surface such as the floor or a bed She was lying on the beach reading a… …
48lie back — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms lie back : present tense I/you/we/they lie back he/she/it lies back present participle lying back past tense lay back past participle lain back to move from a sitting position into a position in which you… …
49flat out like a lizard drinking — Extremely busy, at top speed. This is word play on two different meanings of the standard English flat out . The literal sense is to lie fully stretched out (like a lizard), and the figurative sense means as fast as possible. The phrase also… …
50flat-out — adjective Date: 1906 1. being or going at maximum effort or speed 2. out and out, downright < it was a flat out lie > …
