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Webster 1913 Edition

Lying

Ly′ing

,
p.
pr.
&
vb.
Noun.
of
Lie
, to tell a falsehood.

Ly′ing

,
p.
pr.
&
vb.
Noun.
of
Lie
, to be supported horizontally.
Lying panel
(Arch.)
,
a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal.
[R.]
–
Lying to
(Naut.)
,
having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lying

LY'ING

,
ppr.
of lie. Being prostrate. [See Lie.]

LY'ING

,
ppr.
of lie. Telling falsehood.
Lying in, being in childbirth.
1.
n. The act of bearing a child.

Definition 2024

lying

lying

English

Verb

lying

  1. present participle of lie
    • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility The Free Library, Chapter 19:
      Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward..

Derived terms

Noun

lying ‎(plural lyings)

  1. An act of telling a lie, or falsehood.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      […] he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools […]
  2. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
    • Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms
      But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?

Etymology

lie +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/

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