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Webster 1913 Edition


Lier

Li′er

(lī′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[From
Lie
. ]
One who lies down; one who rests or remains, as in concealment.
There were
liers
in a ambush against him.
Josh. viii. 14.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lier

LIER

,
Noun.
[from lie.] One who lies down; one who rests or remains; as a lier in wait or in ambush. Josh. 8.

Definition 2024


Lier

Lier

See also: lier

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɪə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /lɪɚ/

Proper noun

Lier

  1. A city in the province of Antwerp, Belgium.

Etymology 2

Norwegian Lier

Proper noun

Lier

  1. A municipality in Buskerud, Norway.

Dutch

Etymology 1

Townhall and Belfort

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lir/, [liːr], [liə̯r]

Proper noun

Lier ?

  1. Lier, a city at the river Nete in the province of Antwerp, Belgium.

Etymology 2

Norwegian Lier

Proper noun

Lier ?

  1. Lier, a municipality in Buskerud, Norway.

Etymology 3

From lier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lir/, [liːr], [liə̯r]

Proper noun

Lier f

  1. (astronomy) Lyra

Norwegian

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lier

  1. Lier, a municipality in Buskerud, Norway.

Etymology 2

Dutch Lier

Proper noun

Lier

  1. Lier, a city in the province of Antwerp, Belgium.

Polish

Etymology 1

Dutch Lier

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lir/

Proper noun

Lier m

  1. Lier, a city in the province of Antwerp, Belgium.

Etymology 2

Norwegian Lier

Proper noun

Lier m

  1. Lier, a municipality in Buskerud, Norway.

lier

lier

See also: Lier

English

Noun

lier (plural liers)

  1. A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
  2. Misspelling of liar.

See also

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lir/, [liːr], [liə̯r]
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

lier c (plural lieren, diminutive liertje n)

  1. winch
  2. lyre

French

Etymology

From Old French lier, from Latin ligāre, present active infinitive of ligō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lje/

Verb

lier

  1. to link
  2. to associate

Related terms

Conjugation

Derived terms

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

līer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of līō

Old French

Alternative forms

  • liier
  • lïer (diaereses not universally used by scholars of Old French)

Etymology

Latin ligō.

Verb

lier

  1. to tie up; to connect with a tie

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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