lying

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
Audio (GA) (file)
Hyphenation: ly‧ing

Etymology 1

lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) +‎ -ing.

Verb

lying

present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility 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.

Noun

lying (plural lyings)

The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
- Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.
  But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?

Derived terms

low-lying
high-lying

Etymology 2

lie (“to intentionally give false information”) +‎ -ing.

Verb

lying

present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).

Noun

lying (plural lyings)

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 […]

Further reading

lying on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

lingy

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