Lying

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/

Origin

lie + -ing

Full definition of lying

Verb

1. Present participle of lie
• 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, 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...Sense and Sensibility, Chapters 1 -19 The Free Library

Noun

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.lyings in wait