Antonyms for lies


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : lahy
Phonetic Transcription : laɪ


Definition of lies

Origin :
  • "speak falsely, tell an untruth," late 12c., from Old English legan, ligan, earlier leogan "deceive, belie, betray" (class II strong verb; past tense leag, past participle logen), from Proto-Germanic *leugan (cf. Old Norse ljuga, Danish lyve, Old Frisian liaga, Old Saxon and Old High German liogan, German lügen, Gothic liugan), from PIE root *leugh- "to tell a lie."
  • noun untruth
  • verb tell an untruth
  • verb be prostrate, flat
  • verb be situated
Example sentences :
  • On a rock, amid the roaring water, Lies Cassiopea's gentle daughter.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • "The beauty that lies within has ever a mysterious power," answered Plato.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • It lies behind that tall monument; I cannot see it for the blossoming boughs.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Let me tell you then, proceeded she, that all lies in a small compass, as your father said.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Shall we pause now and turn our back upon the road that lies ahead?
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • This apparent inconsistency, however, lies only on the surface.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • She lies athwart the lands, and her shadow is over the seas.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Alas for my poor sword which lies at the bottom of the Garonne!
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But a small portion of the Cumberland lies above a plane of 2,000 feet.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • He lies prone on the floor, staring at me with dead, sightless eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

Synonyms for lies

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