Die vs. Lie

Dieverb

(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

Lieverb

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

‘The book lies on the table;’; ‘the snow lies on the roof;’; ‘he lies in his coffin’;

Dieverb

followed by of; general use:

Lieverb

(intransitive) To be placed or situated.

Dieverb

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Lieverb

To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

‘to lie waste;’; ‘to lie fallow; to lie open;’; ‘to lie hidden;’; ‘to lie grieving;’; ‘to lie under one's displeasure;’; ‘to lie at the mercy of the waves’; ‘The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.’;

Dieverb

followed by for; often expressing wider contextual motivations, though sometimes indicating direct causes:

Lieverb

Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.

Dieverb

followed by with as an indication of direct cause:

Lieverb

Used with with: to have sexual relations with.

Dieverb

(still current) followed by with as an indication of manner:

‘She died with dignity.’;

Lieverb

(archaic) To lodge; to sleep.

Dieverb

(transitive) To stop living and undergo (a specified death).

‘He died a hero's death.’; ‘They died a thousand deaths.’;

Lieverb

To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

Dieverb

To yearn intensely.

Lieverb

(legal) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Dieverb

(intransitive) To be utterly cut off by family or friends, as if dead.

‘The day our sister eloped, she died to our mother.’;

Lieverb

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

‘When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.’; ‘If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.’;

Dieverb

To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.

‘He died a little inside each time she refused to speak to him.’;

Lieverb

(intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.

‘Photographs often lie.’; ‘Hips don't lie.’;

Dieverb

To be mortified or shocked by a situation.

‘If anyone sees me wearing this ridiculous outfit, I'll die.’;

Lieverb

(intransitive) To succeed or excel at lying; lie successfully; show one's expertise or mastery in the art of lying.

‘Wow, that boy can really lie!’;

Dieverb

To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.

‘When I found out my two favorite musicians would be recording an album together, I literally planned my own funeral arrangements and died.’;

Lieverb

To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

‘Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.’;

Dieverb

To stop working, to break down.

‘My car died in the middle of the freeway this morning.’;

Lienoun

(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.

Dieverb

To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).

Lienoun

(disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.

Dieverb

To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.

Lienoun

(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.

Dieverb

To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

Lienoun

An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.

‘I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.’;

Dieverb

(often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.

‘to die to pleasure or to sin’;

Lienoun

A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth

Dieverb

To be killed by an enemy. Usually followed by to or another preposition.

‘I can't believe I just died to a squirrel!’;

Lienoun

Anything that misleads or disappoints.

Dieverb

(architecture) To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Lienoun

See Lye.

Dieverb

To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

Lienoun

A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.

‘The proper notion of a lie is an endeavoring to deceive another by signifying that to him as true, which we ourselves think not to be so.’; ‘It is willful deceit that makes a lie. A man may act a lie, as by pointing his finger in a wrong direction when a traveler inquires of him his road.’;

Dieverb

(of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.

‘Then there was that time I died onstage in Montreal...’;

Lienoun

A fiction; a fable; an untruth.

Dieverb

obsolete spelling of dye

Lienoun

Anything which misleads or disappoints.

‘Wishing this lie of life was o'er.’;

Dienoun

The cubical part of a pedestal, a plinth.

Lienoun

The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.

‘He surveyed with his own eyes . . . the lie of the country on the side towards Thrace.’;

Dienoun

A device for cutting into a specified shape.

Lieverb

To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

Dienoun

A device used to cut an external screw thread. (Internal screw threads are cut with a tap.)

Lieverb

To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; - often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.

‘The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again, and closed his weary eyes.’;

Dienoun

A mold for forming metal or plastic objects.

Lieverb

To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.

Dienoun

An embossed device used in stamping coins and medals.

Lieverb

To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

Dienoun

(electronics) (plural also dice) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

Lieverb

To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; - with in.

‘Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances.’; ‘He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen.’;

Dienoun

Any small cubical or square body.

Lieverb

To lodge; to sleep.

‘Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I lay one night only.’; ‘Mr. Quinion lay at our house that night.’;

Dienoun

A regular polyhedron, usually a cube, with numbers or symbols on each side and used in games of chance.

Lieverb

To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

‘The wind is loud and will not lie.’;

Dienoun

(obsolete) That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

Lieverb

To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

‘What he gets more of her than sharp words, let it lie on my head.’;

Dienoun

(electronics) (plural also dies) An oblong chip fractured from a semiconductor wafer engineered to perform as an independent device or integrated circuit.

Lienoun

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

Dienoun

obsolete spelling of dye

Lienoun

Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

Dieverb

To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; - said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought.

‘To die by the roadside of grief and hunger.’; ‘She will die from want of care.’;

Lienoun

position or manner in which something is situated

Dieverb

To suffer death; to lose life.

‘In due time Christ died for the ungodly.’;

Lieverb

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

Dieverb

To perish in any manner; to cease; to become lost or extinct; to be extinguished.

‘Letting the secret die within his own breast.’; ‘Great deeds can not die.’;

Lieverb

be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position;

‘The sick man lay in bed all day’; ‘the books are lying on the shelf’; ‘We had to stand for the entire performance!’;

Dieverb

To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.

‘His heart died within, and he became as a stone.’; ‘The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca.’;

Lieverb

originate (in);

‘The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country’;

Dieverb

To become indifferent; to cease to be subject; as, to die to pleasure or to sin.

Lieverb

be and remain in a particular state or condition;

‘lie dormant’;

Dieverb

To recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; - often with out or away.

‘Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness.’;

Lieverb

tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive;

‘Don't lie to your parents’; ‘She lied when she told me she was only 29’;

Dieverb

To disappear gradually in another surface, as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.

Lieverb

have a place in relation to something else;

‘The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West’; ‘The responsibility rests with the Allies’;

Dieverb

To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.

‘"There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, - I will die in the last ditch."’;

Lieverb

assume a reclining position;

‘lie down on the bed until you feel better’;

Dienoun

A small cube, marked on its faces with spots from one to six, and used in playing games by being shaken in a box and thrown from it. See Dice.

Lieverb

(of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface

‘I had to lie down because I was groggy’; ‘the body lay face downwards on the grass’; ‘Lily lay back on the pillows and watched him’;

Dienoun

Any small cubical or square body.

‘Words . . . pasted upon little flat tablets or dies.’;

Lieverb

(of a thing) rest flat on a surface

‘a book lay open on the table’;

Dienoun

That which is, or might be, determined, by a throw of the die; hazard; chance.

‘Such is the die of war.’;

Lieverb

(of a dead person) be buried in a particular place

‘his epitaph reads ‘Here lies Garcia, King of Galicia and Portugal’’; ‘his body lies in a crypt’;

Dienoun

That part of a pedestal included between base and cornice; the dado.

Lieverb

be, remain, or be kept in a specified state

‘putting homeless families into private houses that would otherwise lie empty’; ‘the abbey lies in ruins today’;

Dienoun

A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.

Lieverb

(of something abstract) reside or be found

‘the solution lies in a return to traditional values’;

Dienoun

small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers

Lieverb

(of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction

‘Kexby lies about five miles due east of York’;

Dienoun

a device used for shaping metal

Lieverb

(of a scene) extend from the observer's viewpoint in a specified direction

‘stand here, and all of Amsterdam lies before you’;

Dienoun

a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

Lieverb

(of a competitor or team) be in a specified position during a competition or within a group

‘United are currently lying in fifth place’;

Dieverb

pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

‘She died from cancer’; ‘They children perished in the fire’; ‘The patient went peacefully’;

Lieverb

(of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable

‘an action for restitution would lie for money paid in breach of the law’;

Dieverb

suffer or face the pain of death;

‘Martyrs may die every day for their faith’;

Lieverb

tell a lie or lies

‘‘I am sixty-five,’ she lied’; ‘why had Ashenden lied about his visit to London?’;

Dieverb

be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame;

‘I was dying with embarrassment when my little lie was discovered’; ‘We almost died laughing during the show’;

Lieverb

get oneself into or out of a situation by lying

‘you lied your way on to this voyage by implying you were an experienced crew’;

Dieverb

stop operating or functioning;

‘The engine finally went’; ‘The car died on the road’; ‘The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town’; ‘The coffee maker broke’; ‘The engine failed on the way to town’; ‘her eyesight went after the accident’;

Lieverb

(of a thing) present a false impression

‘the camera cannot lie’;

Dieverb

feel indifferent towards;

‘She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery’;

Lienoun

the way, direction, or position in which something lies

‘he was familiarizing himself with the lie of the streets’;

Dieverb

languish as with love or desire;

‘She dying for a cigarette’; ‘I was dying to leave’;

Lienoun

the position in which a golf ball comes to rest, especially as regards the ease of the next shot

‘the lie, in deep rough on a bank, was not good’;

Dieverb

cut or shape with a die;

‘Die out leather for belts’;

Lienoun

the lair or place of cover of an animal.

Dieverb

to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player

Lienoun

an intentionally false statement

‘the whole thing is a pack of lies’; ‘they hint rather than tell outright lies’;

Dieverb

lose sparkle or bouquet;

‘wine and beer can pall’;

Lienoun

used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression

‘all their married life she had been living a lie’;

Dieverb

disappear or come to an end;

‘Their anger died’; ‘My secret will die with me!’;

Lie

A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying.

Dieverb

suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense);

‘Whosoever..believes in me shall never die’;

Dieverb

(of a person, animal, or plant) stop living

‘the king died a violent death’; ‘he died of tuberculosis’; ‘trees are dying from acid rain’;

Dieverb

become extinct

‘many species died out’;

Dieverb

be forgotten

‘her genius has assured her name will never die’;

Dieverb

become less loud or strong

‘after a while, the noise died down’; ‘at last the storm died away’;

Dieverb

(of a plant) decay from the tip toward the root

‘rhubarb dies back to a crown of buds each winter’;

Dieverb

die one after another until few or none are left

‘the original founders died off or retired’;

Dieverb

(of a fire or light) stop burning or gleaming

‘the fire had died and the room was cold’;

Dieverb

(of a machine) stop functioning or run out of electric charge

‘three toasters have died on me’; ‘I was halfway through a text message when the phone died’;

Dieverb

be very eager for something

‘they must be dying for a drink’; ‘he's dying to meet you’;

Dieverb

used to emphasize how strongly one is affected by a particular feeling or emotion

‘we nearly died laughing when he told us’; ‘only the thought of Matilda prevented him from dying of boredom’;

Dieverb

have an orgasm.

Dienoun

singular form of dice

Dienoun

a device for cutting or moulding metal into a particular shape.

Dienoun

an engraved device for stamping a design on coins or medals.

Dienoun

the cubical part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice; a dado or plinth.