lie (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 35
def be lying, be prostrate
def be in a horizontal position
examples The sick man lay in bed all day
the books are lying on the shelf
Frame - 4 Something is ----ing PP
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
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Entailment lie down, lie
Verb Group lie down, lie
Derivationally related form lie → lie
Antonym lie → stand; lie → sit
Hyponym sun, sunbathe; sprawl; recumb, repose, recline; overlie; lie awake; repose; bask
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Derivationally related form lie → lie
Hypernym sun, sunbathe; sprawl; recumb, repose, recline; overlie; lie awake; repose; bask
Antonym sit → lie; stand → lie
Cause lay, put down, repose
Verb Group lie down, lie

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