Wiktionary:Word of the day/2006-06-4

lie verb

1. If you lie down, your head and whole body are at the same level.
   You lie down when you want to rest or sleep.

   She lay on the bed and went to sleep.

2. If something lies somewhere, it is there and it is not moving.

   His dirty shirt was lying on the floor and old socks were everywhere.

3. If you lie, you say or write something that you know is not true.

   "How old are you?" he asked. "Twenty-one," she lied.

noun

1. Something not true, a falsehood, an untruth.

   I told a lie.

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