Making false statements

adjective

1. Marked by or containing untrue statements false

   "a lying account of the accident"

verb

1. To be or to stay at rest in a horizontal position be prostrate rest, recline

   "lie motionless"

2. To assume a horizontal position
3. To reside temporarily stay for the night lodge
4. To have sexual intercourse
5. To remain inactive (as in concealment)

   "lie in wait"

6. To be in a helpless or defenseless state

   "the town lay at the mercy of the invaders"

7. To be or remain in a flat or horizontal position upon a broad support

   "books lying on the table"

8. To have direction extend

   "the route lay to the west"

9. To occupy a certain relative place or position

   "hills lie behind us"

10. To have a place in relation to something else

    "the real reason lies deeper"

11. To have an effect through mere presence, weight, or relative position

    "remorse lay heavily on him"

12. To be sustainable or admissible
13. To remain at anchor or becalmed
14. To have place exist

    "the choice lay between fighting or surrendering"

15. Consist, belong

    "the success of the book lies in its direct style"

16. Remain

verb

1. To make an untrue statement with intent to deceive

   "She was lying when she said she didn't break the vase."

2. To create a false or misleading impression

   "Statistics sometimes lie."

3. To bring about by telling lies

   "He lied his way out of trouble."

noun

1. The state attending and consequent to childbirth confinement

idiom

1. Not being used

   "There were too many promising ideas lying fallow at the company."

adjective

1. Rising relatively little above the base of measurement

   "low-lying hills"

2. Lying below the normal level, surface, or the base of measurement or mean elevation

   "low-lying clouds"

idiom

1. To accept (something bad, such as an insult or unfair treatment) without trying to fight against it

   "He vowed that he would not take the court's decision lying down."

adverb

1. In hiding to avoid notice or detection

verb

1. To remain inactive rest