cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lā
ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: lei
homophone: ley
homophone: le
Forms: form: more lay
form: most lay
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lay, from Old French lai, from Latin lāicus, from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós). Doublet of laic.
Senses: examples: text: They seemed more lay than clerical.
text: a lay preacher; a lay brother
glosses: Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
examples: text: It is true that in adopting the short view many of the younger economists have not merely taken over the lay notions bodily.
ref: 1958, Jacob Viner, The Long View and the Short, page 112:
text: He hasn't caught a mouse since he was a slip of a kitten. Except when eating, he does nothing but sleep. […] It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
text: In what could become a model program for courses across the U.S., this state's gay health consultant has begun training bartenders and bar owners as lay health educators.
ref: 1985 February 2, John Zeh, “Sex Ed In Bars”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 16:
glosses: Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
examples: text: a lay suit
topics: card-games
games
glosses: Not trumps.
glosses: Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
Derived terms: laity
lay brother
lay clerk
layclerk
lay day
lay figure
layfolk
lay investiture
lay judge
lay-led
lay lord
layman
layperson
lay person
lay preacher
lay reader
lay rector
layship
lay speaker
lay vicar
laywoman
lay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lā
ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: lei
homophone: ley
homophone: le
Etymology: From Old English læġ.
Senses: examples: text: The baby lay in its crib and slept silently.
text: But unlike many other tunnels that lay idle and decaying, Catesby has now found a new use as an aerodynamic wind tunnel for the motor industry.
ref: 2023 November 29, Peter Plisner, “The winds of change in Catesby Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 997, page 56:
glosses: simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
Derived terms: layabout
lay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lā
ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: lei
homophone: ley
homophone: le
Forms: form: lays
form: lai
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Frankish *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). See lake (“to play”).
Senses: examples: text: I strive, with wakeful melody, to cheer
The sullen gloom, sweet Philomel! like thee,
And call the stars to listen: every star
Is deaf to mine, enamour'd of thy lay.
ref: 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I:
ref: 1805, Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel:
text: If these brief lays, of Sorrow born,
⁠Were taken to be such as closed
⁠Grave doubts and answers here proposed,
Then these were such as men might scorn: […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 70:
text: 1925 The Lay of Leithien, poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, Anglo-Saxon Professor.
glosses: A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
examples: 1945: "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" by JRR Tolkien
Sad is the note and sad the lay,
but mirth we meet not every day.
glosses: A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
lay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lā
ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: lei
homophone: ley
homophone: le
Forms: form: lays
Etymology: From Middle English lay, laye, laiȝe, leyȝe, from Old English lǣh, lēh, northern (Anglian) variants of Old English lēah (“lea”). More at lea.
Senses: examples: text: Having destroyed all old lays, I have no other hay than clover.
ref: 1808, John Curwen, Hints on the Economy of Feeding Stock and Bettering the Condition of the Poor:
glosses: A meadow; a lea.
Derived terms: layland
lay system
lay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lā
ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: lei
homophone: ley
homophone: le
Forms: form: lays
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lay, lai, laye, ley, lei, borrowed from Old French lei (“law”). Possibly also from or influenced by the etymologically unrelated Middle English lawe (“law”) (with variants including laige, laiȝh, læȝe), from Old English lagu (“law”). More at law.
Senses: examples: text: A woman worthy of immortall prayse, / Which for this Realme found many goodly layes
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42:
glosses: A law.
examples: text: they bound themselues by a sacred lay and oth to fight it out to the last man
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: An obligation; a vow.
lay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lā
ipa: /leɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: lei
homophone: ley
homophone: le
Forms: form: lays
form: laying
form: laid
form: laid
Etymology: Semantic loan from Yiddish לייגן (leygn, “to put, lay”).
Senses: glosses: To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
Related terms: sense: other terms containing the word "lay", with unclear etymology
word: gooseberry lay
sense: other terms containing the word "lay", with unclear etymology
word: kinchin lay
sense: other terms containing the word "lay", with unclear etymology
word: snaffling lay
laid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay
synonyms: word: lay
word: lain
glosses: simple past and past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
laid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: glosses: Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
raw_tags: of paper
Derived terms: creamlaid
deep-laid
get laid
laid rope
shroud-laid
spunlaid
unlaid
well-laid
led
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
homophone: lead (metal element)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lead
led
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
homophone: lead (metal element)
Senses: glosses: Under somebody's control or leadership.
glosses: Under somebody's control or leadership.
Of a farm, etc.: managed by a deputy instead of the owner or tenant in person.
Derived terms: led captain
led horse
market-led
unled
lean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lēn
ipa: /liːn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: lien
Forms: form: leans
form: leaning
form: leaned
form: leaned
form: leant
form: leant
Etymology: From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
Senses: examples: text: a leaning column
text: She leaned out of the window.
glosses: To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
examples: text: I’m leaning towards voting Conservative in the next election.
text: The Hispanic vote leans Democratic.
text: But you ſay they do not accept of them, but delight rather to lean to their old Cuſtoms and Brehon Laws, though they be more unjuſt and alſo more inconvenient for the common People, as by your late Relation of them I have gathered.
ref: a. 1600, Edmund Spenser, “A View of the State of Ireland. […]”, in The Works of Mr. Edmund Spenser, volume VI, London: Jacob Tonson […], published 1715, →OCLC, page 1518:
glosses: To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; often with to, toward, etc.
examples: text: He lean'd not on his fathers but himself.
ref: 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 54:
text: The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, pages 374–375:
qualifier: Followed by against; on; or upon; Followed by against; on; or upon
glosses: To rest or rely, for support, comfort, to use as a hard surface for writing, etc.
glosses: To hang outwards.
examples: text: Oppreſs'd with Anguiſh, panting, and o'reſpent, / His fainting Limbs against an Oak he leant.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Tenth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 533, lines 1187–1188:
glosses: To press against.
Derived terms: forward-leaning
forward leaning
lean back
lean-back
leaner
lean in
leaning
leaning board
leaning toothpick syndrome
leaning tower illusion
lean into
lean on
lean over backwards
lean-to
lean towards
outlean
overlean
uplean
Related terms: climate
cline
lean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lēn
ipa: /liːn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: lien
Forms: form: leans
Etymology: From Middle English lenen (“to lean”), from Old English hleonian, hlinian (“to lean, recline, lie down, rest”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn, from Proto-Germanic *hlināną (“to lean, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-.
Cognate via Proto-Germanic with Middle Dutch leunen (“to lean”), German lehnen (“to lean”); via Proto-Indo-European with climate, cline.
Senses: examples: text: The trees had various leans toward gaps in the canopy.
glosses: An inclination away from the vertical.
raw_tags: of an object taller than its width and depth
Synonyms: sense: inclination away from vertical
word: tilt
Derived terms: word: antigravity lean
word: anti-gravity lean
word: gangsta lean
word: gangster lean
lean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: lēn
ipa: /liːn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: lien
Forms: form: leaner
form: leanest
Etymology: From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hlǣnan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
Senses: examples: text: They will now dedicate several hours at the gym every day to be leaner and stronger.
ref: 2024 May 1, ZacharyFurr, “Gym types”, in The In Constant Chronicles:
synonyms: word: lithe
word: svelte
word: willowy
word: gaunt
word: gracile
word: lank
word: lean
word: leansome
word: lithe
word: lithesome
word: lissome
word: rangy
word: sleek
word: slender
word: slight
word: slim
word: slinky
word: svelte
word: swack
word: sylphlike
word: willowy
glosses: Slim; not fleshy.
raw_tags: of a person or animal
examples: text: lean steak cuts
text: The butcher and the porkman painted up only the leanest scrags of meat; the baker, the coarsest of meagre loaves.
ref: 2007, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Penguin, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: Having little fat.
raw_tags: of meat
examples: text: a lean budget
text: a lean harvest
synonyms: word: insufficient
word: scarce
word: sparse
word: awanting
word: deficient
word: dismal
word: exiguous
word: geason
word: inadequate
word: insufficient
word: lank
word: lean
word: meager
word: measly
word: paltry
word: raunchy
word: scant
word: scantling
word: scanty
word: scarce
word: skimpy
word: sleazy
word: slender
word: spare
word: sparse
word: threadbare
word: unsufficient
word: wanting
word: wanty
glosses: Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
examples: text: A lean ore hardly worth mining.
text: Running on too lean a fuel-air mixture will cause, among other problems, your internal combustion engine to heat up too much.
synonyms: deficient
dilute
poor
antonyms: rich
glosses: Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
examples: text: lean copy, matter, or type
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
examples: text: lean management
text: lean manufacturing
text: Alcoa is now a lean and agile enterprise, after having split last year into two entities.
text: Kitting for in-plant handling is unlean. Kitting for transport, on the other hand, is lean; for example, shipping complete sets of parts to make a TV or motorcycle or motor home is lean.
ref: 2007, Richard J. Schonberger, Best Practices in Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement, page 204:
topics: business
glosses: Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing".
Derived terms: boneless lean beef trimmings
lean and mean
lean-burn
lean client
lean finely textured beef
leanish
leanly
leanness
lean nitrogen oxide trap
leansome
lean thinking
lean-witted
leany
superlean
ultralean
unlean
lean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lēn
ipa: /liːn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: lien
Forms: form: leans
Etymology: From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hlǣnan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
Senses: examples: text: Jack Sprat would eat no fat, / His wife would eat no lean.
ref: 1639, or earlier, Anon: Jack Sprat:
glosses: Meat with no fat on it.
examples: text: The intermediates and leans are the predominant morphotypes found at the SE-NHR seamounts […]
ref: 1986, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints (issue 1)
text: Obese Zuckers, compared to leans, consumed more food under free-feeding conditions.
ref: 2012, Obesity: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, page 56:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An organism that is lean in stature.
lean
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lēn
ipa: /liːn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: lien
Forms: form: leans
form: leaning
form: leaned
form: leaned
Etymology: From Middle English lene (“lean”), from Old English hlǣne (“lean”), (cognate with Low German leen), perhaps from hlǣnan (“to cause to lean (due to hunger or lack of food)”), from Proto-Germanic *hlainijaną (“to cause to lean”). If so, then related to Old English hlinian, hleonian (“to lean”).
Senses: examples: text: He leaned the mixture in an effort to cause a backfire through the carburetor, the generally accepted method of breaking the ice loose.
ref: 1938 July, Harold Blaine Miller, Dupont Miller, “Weather Hop”, in Boys' Life, Boy Scouts of America, →ISSN, page 25:
text: Even the Pilot's Operating Handbooks (POH) for our training airplanes add to our paranoia with their insistence that we not lean the mixture until we're above 5000 feet density altitude.
ref: 2002 July, Tom Benenson, “Can Your Engine Run Too Lean?”, in Flying, volume 129, number 7, →ISSN, page 73:
synonyms: derich
disenrich
antonyms: enrich
glosses: To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or oxygen.
lean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lēn
ipa: /liːn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: lien
Etymology: Probably from the verb to lean (see etymology 1 above), supposedly because consumption of the intoxicating beverage causes one to "lean". Alternatively, possibly short for gasoline (“an alcoholic beverage made of vodka and energy drink”).
Senses: examples: text: Eyes real tight 'cause I'm chokin' the creep; vision messed up 'cause I'm drinkin' the lean.
ref: 2005, “Stay Fly”, in Jordan Houston, Darnell Carlton, Paul Beauregard, Premro Smith, Marlon Goodwin, David Brown, Willie Hutchinson (lyrics), Most Known Unknown, performed by Three 6 Mafia (featuring Young Buck, 8 Ball, and MJG), Sony BMG:
text: "What's in the cup, let me see that / Girl, where the rest of that promethazine at?" / She said, "Cool, gotta run out to my Cadillac though / And I'll be like Fat Joe, and bring the lean back"
ref: 2020, “Those Kinda Nights”, in Music to Be Murdered By, performed by Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran:
synonyms: sizzurp
syrup
purple drank
glosses: A recreational drug based on codeine-laced promethazine cough syrup, especially popular in the hip hop community in the southeastern United States.
Derived terms: fenty lean
leant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛnt/
homophone: lent
homophone: Lent
rhymes: -ɛnt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lean
leaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːnd/
ipa: /lind/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lean
leapt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lĕpt
ipa: /lɛpt/
rhymes: -ɛpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leap
leaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lēpt
ipa: /liːpt/
rhymes: -iːpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leap
diction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪk.ʃən/
rhymes: -ɪkʃən
Forms: form: dictions
Etymology: From late Middle English diccion (“something said; a word or phrase”) (an obsolete sense in Modern English), borrowed directly from Latin dictiō (“a saying, speaking, uttering”) or from Old French dicïon (“word”) (Anglo-Norman dictyoun), from Late Latin dictiō (“word”), both from dīcō (“to say, to talk”) + -tiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, to point out”).
The modern senses of “choice and use of words” and “clarity of word choice” were likely influenced by additional senses of dictiō.
Senses: glosses: Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
examples: text: His poor diction meant that most of the audience didn't really understand the key points of the presentation.
glosses: The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Enunciation, pronunciation.
Derived terms: dictional
Related terms: dictate
dictation
dictionary
dictum
articulation
elocution
prosody
codswallop
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒdzˌwɒl.əp/
rhymes: -ɒləp
Forms: form: cod's wallop
form: cods wallop
Etymology: Unknown. Attested from a 1959 episode of the UK TV series Hancock's Half Hour. The writers (Galton and Simpson) state that the phrase was in general use when the show was broadcast. A national TV appeal in the UK in 2006 failed to find earlier references, though a humorous newspaper column from 1947 does use the fictional name "Sir Aubrey Codswallop". Originally written (1963) codswallop; the spelling cod's wallop is later.
Various etymologies are proposed from some sense of cod, such as from cod (“joke, imitation”) + -s- + wallop (“beer”) (slang), hence “imitation beer” (with interconsonantal -s- to ease pronunciation of -dw-), or from cod (“scrotum, as in codpiece”) + -s- + wallop (“to hit”), hence “to hit (with) the testicle bag,” or from cod (“fish”), hence perhaps some part of the fish, as used in the fishing industry.
A frequently given etymology, although widely rejected as a folk etymology, derives it from Hiram Codd, British soft drink maker of the 1870s, known for the eponymous Codd-neck bottle, with the suggestion that codswallop is a derisive term for soft drinks by beer drinkers, from Codd’s + wallop (“beer”), thus sarcastically “Codd’s beer”. There is no evidence that early uses had this sense; the slang term wallop (“beer”) appeared after Codd’s lifetime, initial spellings (in print from 1963) do not reflect such a derivation (*Codd’s wallop and *coddswallop with -dd- are not found), and there is an 80-year gap between the proposed coinage and attestation.
This is also the name given to the wooden device placed over the neck of a codd bottle and given a push (wallop) to dislodge the marble in the neck of the bottle. The word has also been used to describe the process of opening a codd bottle.
Senses: synonyms: hogswallop
glosses: Used to express disbelief: nonsense!; rubbish!
gerund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jěr'-ənd
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹənd/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛɹʌnd/
rhymes: -ɛɹənd
rhymes: -ɛɹʌnd
Forms: form: gerunds
Etymology: From Latin gerundium, from gerendus (“which is to be carried out”), future passive participle (gerundive) of gerō (“carry, bear”).
Senses: examples: text: Compounds in which gerunds are the second element look exactly like compounds in which present participles are the second element, but different principles of hyphenation apply.
ref: 1991, Edward Johnson, The Handbook of Good English, page 208:
text: Like any noun, the gerund functions as a subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, or predicate nominative. The gerund phrase is made up of the present participle ("-ing") and can contain an object and/or a modifier (and sometimes many modifiers). The gerund is a verbal noun.
ref: 2002, Dan Mulvey, Grammar the Easy Way, page 25:
text: Gerunds and gerund phrases are always nouns, so they are always predicate nominatives when used as complements. Do be careful to distinguish progressive-tense verbs from gerunds used as subjective complements.
ref: 2005, Gary Lutz, Diane Stevenson, The Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference, page 55:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verbal form that functions as a verbal noun. (In English, a gerund has the same spelling as a present participle, but functions differently; however, this distinction may be ambiguous or unclear and so is no longer made in some modern texts such as A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language)
examples: text: The Spanish gerund is quite unlike the English -ing form (‘walking’, ‘replying’, ‘saying’, etc.), which can function as a gerund, a present participle, a noun or an adjective; and it is also unlike the French form ending in -ant, which covers the functions of both the Spanish gerund and the adjectival form in -ante, -(i)ente discussed at 19.4.
ref: 2013, John Butt, Carmen Benjamin, A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, Kindle edition, Routledge, →ISBN:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In some languages such as Dutch, Italian or Russian, a verbal form similar to a present participle, but functioning as an adverb to form adverbial phrases or continuous tense. These constructions have various names besides gerund, depending on the language, such as conjunctive participles, active participles, adverbial participles, transgressives, etc.
Hypernyms: verbal
Derived terms: gerundal
gerund-grinder
gerund-grinding
gerundial
gerundive
gerundization
gerundize
gerund-participle
learned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɜːnɪd/
ipa: /ˈlɝnɪd/
ipa: /lɜːnd/
enpr: lûrnd
ipa: /lɝnd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nd
ipa: /ˈlɜːnɪd/
ipa: /ˈlɝnɪd/
Forms: form: learnt
Etymology: Past participle of learn.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of learn
learned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɜːnɪd/
ipa: /ˈlɝnɪd/
ipa: /lɜːnd/
enpr: lûrnd
ipa: /lɝnd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nd
ipa: /ˈlɜːnɪd/
ipa: /ˈlɝnɪd/
Forms: form: more learned
form: most learned
form: learnt
Etymology: Past participle of learn.
Senses: examples: text: Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct.
antonyms: unlearned
glosses: Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
Synonyms: word: academical
word: clueful
word: cultivated
word: educated
word: erudite
word: in the know
word: knowledgeable
word: knowledgeful
word: knowsome
word: learned
word: savvy
word: scholarly
word: smart
word: sussed
word: switched on
word: up on
word: well-informed
Hyponyms: word: doctiloquent
Related terms: word: intelligent
word: wily
word: wise
word: knowledge
learnt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɜːnt/
ipa: /ˈlɝnt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nt
Forms: form: learned
Etymology: From Middle English lernd, lernde, equivalent to learn + -t.
Senses: examples: text: I learnt so many things in this school.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: simple past of learn
examples: text: She has learnt to adapt to the changes quickly.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: past participle of learn
Derived terms: prelearnt
unlearnt
leave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːv/
ipa: /liv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: leaves
Etymology: From Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan (“to leave”), from Proto-West Germanic *laibijan, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to let stay, leave”), causative of *lībaną (“to stay, remain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat”).
Cognate with Old Frisian lēva (“to leave”), Old Saxon lēvian, Old High German leiban (“to leave”), Old Norse leifa (“to leave over”) (whence Icelandic leifa (“to leave food uneaten”), Swedish leva (“to leave”)), lifna (“to be left”) (whence Danish levne). More at lave, belive.
The noun is attested since the 19th century, with earliest references to billiards.
Senses: examples: text: He made 45 leaves in his innings of 64.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
examples: text: Having counted 38 points he tried a beautiful massé out of the corner, hit the first ball just a trifle too hard and kissed his own ball off just when victory seemed to be his. The leave was unfortunate for Ives. Slosson played brilliantly and ran the game out, a close winner, with 22 points.
ref: 1890 February 27, “Slosson’s Close Shave”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
examples: text: I didn't score much, but LING was a good leave.
topics: Scrabble
board-games
games
glosses: The tiles remaining on a player's rack after his or her turn.
leave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːv/
ipa: /liv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: leaves
form: leaving
form: leaved
form: leaved
form: left
form: left
Etymology: From Middle English leven, from Old English līefan (“to allow, grant, concede; believe, trust, confide in”), from Proto-West Germanic *laubijan, from Proto-Germanic *laubijaną (“to allow, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love, hold dear”). Cognate with German lauben (“to allow, believe”), Icelandic leyfa (“to allow”).
Senses: glosses: To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
Synonyms: word: beat it
word: bug off
word: remove
word: bugger off
word: book
word: bounce
word: buzz off
word: chuck
word: cut one's stick
word: dash
word: depart
word: duck out
word: exit
word: get away
word: get out
word: go
word: go away
word: go out
word: GTFO
word: leave
word: make tracks
word: move on
word: namous
word: part
word: piss off
word: pull up stakes
word: put out
word: start
word: start out
word: set forth
word: set off
word: set out
word: run along
word: sling one's hook
word: split
word: take off
word: take leave
word: take one's leave
word: take wing
word: quit
Hyponyms: word: absquatulate
word: abandon
word: bug out
word: clear off
word: clear out
word: dash off
word: flee
word: flounce
word: slide off
word: slip away
word: slip off
word: steal away
word: up and leave
word: vacate
leave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːv/
ipa: /liv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: leaves
form: leaving
form: leaved
form: leaved
Etymology: From Middle English leven, from lef (“leaf”). More at leaf.
Senses: examples: text: Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:
Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?
ref: 1868, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 2nd edition:
glosses: To produce leaves or foliage.
Synonyms: word: leaf
word: beat it
word: bug off
word: remove
word: bugger off
word: book
word: bounce
word: buzz off
word: chuck
word: cut one's stick
word: dash
word: depart
word: duck out
word: exit
word: get away
word: get out
word: go
word: go away
word: go out
word: GTFO
word: leave
word: make tracks
word: move on
word: namous
word: part
word: piss off
word: pull up stakes
word: put out
word: start
word: start out
word: set forth
word: set off
word: set out
word: run along
word: sling one's hook
word: split
word: take off
word: take leave
word: take one's leave
word: take wing
word: quit
Hyponyms: word: absquatulate
word: abandon
word: bug out
word: clear off
word: clear out
word: dash off
word: flee
word: flounce
word: slide off
word: slip away
word: slip off
word: steal away
word: up and leave
word: vacate
Derived terms: interleave
unleave
leave
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /liːv/
ipa: /liv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: leaves
form: leaving
form: leaved
form: leaved
Etymology: From French lever. Compare levy. Compare also Middle English leve, a variant of levy that may have been monosyllabic.
Senses: examples: text: […]au^([sic – meaning an]) army ſtrong ſhe leau'd,[…]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, page 334:
glosses: To raise; to levy.
Synonyms: word: beat it
word: bug off
word: remove
word: bugger off
word: book
word: bounce
word: buzz off
word: chuck
word: cut one's stick
word: dash
word: depart
word: duck out
word: exit
word: get away
word: get out
word: go
word: go away
word: go out
word: GTFO
word: leave
word: make tracks
word: move on
word: namous
word: part
word: piss off
word: pull up stakes
word: put out
word: start
word: start out
word: set forth
word: set off
word: set out
word: run along
word: sling one's hook
word: split
word: take off
word: take leave
word: take one's leave
word: take wing
word: quit
Hyponyms: word: absquatulate
word: abandon
word: bug out
word: clear off
word: clear out
word: dash off
word: flee
word: flounce
word: slide off
word: slip away
word: slip off
word: steal away
word: up and leave
word: vacate
lend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lĕnd
ipa: /lɛnd/
ipa: /lɪnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: lind (pin–pen merger)
Forms: form: lends
form: lending
form: lent
form: lent
Etymology: From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound, round, etc.), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).
Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.
Senses: examples: text: I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.
text: Where is that hundred euros I lent you months ago?
text: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
ref: 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
glosses: To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.
glosses: To make a loan.
examples: text: Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.
text: The long history of the past does not lend itself to a simple black and white interpretation.
glosses: To be suitable or applicable, to fit.
examples: text: Can you lend me some assistance?
text: The famous director lent his name to the new film.
text: Cato, lend me for a while thy patience.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 1:
text: Mountain lines and distant horizons lend space and largeness to his compositions.
ref: 1886, John Addington Symonds, Sir Philip Sidney:
text: FORSEA absolutely condemns the political manipulation on the part of the junta, General Prayuth, the Thai Senate and the parties that lent their support for General Prayuth that led him to parliamentary victory.
ref: 2019 June 8, “Condemning the return to premiership of General Prayuth Chan-ocha through a manipulative method”, in forsea.co, FORSEA, retrieved 09 Jun 2019:
glosses: To afford; to grant or furnish in general.
glosses: To borrow.
Synonyms: word: lease
word: lend
word: let
word: loan
Hypernyms: word: give
Hyponyms: word: pawn
word: hire
word: rent
Derived terms: forelend
forlend
have a lend of someone
interlend
lease-lend
lendability
lendable
lend a hand
lend an ear
lendee
lender
lend itself to
lend-lease
lend to believe
nonlending
onlend
overlend
relend
Related terms: word: give back
word: loan
word: pay back
word: lender
lend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lĕnd
ipa: /lɛnd/
ipa: /lɪnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: lind (pin–pen merger)
Etymology: From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound, round, etc.), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”).
Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.
Senses: examples: text: “But,” says Arthur, “I wouldn't be proud of your clothes, / For you've only the lend of them, as I suppose.”
ref: c. 1800s, Arthur McBride, version from 2012, Dick Sheridan, Irish Songs for Ukulele (Songbook), Hal Leonard Corporation
text: Yesterday asked Mr. Aray the lend of 8s. 6d. for a month.
ref: 1866, Walkden, Diary, 6
text: However, Weldon would soon note his declining potato yield, and his suspicions were confirmed one night when he confronted Joe with a jumper full of spuds. Somehow, Joe managed to talk his way out of trouble. 'I told him I was getting the lend of them,' Joe laughed. It wasn't only vegetables that were targeted, though. For generations of children who grew up on ...
ref: 2008, Ronan Casey, Joe Dolan: The Official Biography, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: Our thanks go to Diran Adebayo for his support, especially his lend of Everything You're Told Is True, to the website. It has been an honour to host […]
ref: 2010, One Million Stories Creative Writing Project 2009 Anthology, →ISBN, page 10:
text: “Give these to your dad, Betsy, tell him thanks for the lend of them. I'm leaving next week, Betsy.” “Really, where are you going?” Betsy played dumb.
ref: 2016, Mary Peters, Betsy, The Coalminer's Daughter, New Generation Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Loan (permission to borrow (something)).
Derived terms: have a lend of
lend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lĕnd
ipa: /lɛnd/
ipa: /lɪnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: lind (pin–pen merger)
Forms: form: lends
form: leynd
form: leind
form: lind
form: lende
Etymology: From Middle English lende (usually in plural as lendes, leendes, lyndes), from Old English lendenu, lendino (“loins”), plural of Old English lenden (“loin”), from Proto-West Germanic *landī, from Proto-Germanic *landį̄ (“loin”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“loin, kidney”). Cognate with Scots lend, leynd (“the loins, flank, buttocks”), Dutch lendenen (“loins, reins”), German Lenden (“loins”), Swedish länder (“loins”), Danish lænd (“loin”), Icelandic lendar (“loins”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (whence loin),
Polish lędźwie (“loins”),
Russian ля́двея (ljádveja, “thigh, haunch”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The lumbar region; loin.
glosses: The loins; flank; buttocks.
raw_tags: of a person or animal
lent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
homophone: leant
homophone: Lent
Forms: form: lents
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Lent.
lent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
homophone: leant
homophone: Lent
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lend
Derived terms: unlent
let
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: Lett
Forms: form: lets
form: lett
form: lettest
form: letteth
Etymology: Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).
Senses: examples: text: Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?”
“O certainly a Good Let sir.”
ref: 1854, Charles Dickens, Christmas Stories, page 317:
glosses: The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
Derived terms: holiday let
let
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: Lett
Forms: form: lets
form: letting
form: letted
form: let
form: lett
form: lettest
form: letteth
Etymology: Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.
Senses: examples: text: He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Thessalonians 2:7:
text: Sir King, mine ancient wound is hardly whole, / And lets me from the saddle; […]
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 152:
glosses: To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
examples: text: & there was syr Mordred redy awaytynge vpon his londage to lette his owne fader to lāde vp the lande that he was kyng ouer.
"And there was Sir Mordred ready awaiting upon his landing, to let his own father to land upon the land that he was king over."
ref: 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter ii, leaf 421r:
text: And as they went on their waye, they cam unto a certayne water, and the gelded man sayde: Se here is water, what shall lett me to be baptised?
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts viij:
glosses: To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
examples: text: And for that strake I would not let, / Another upon him soon I set, […]
ref: 1826, Early Metrical Tales; Including the History of Sir Egeir, Sir Gryme, and Sir Gray-Steill, Edinburgh, The History of Sir Eger, Sir Grahame, And Sir Gray-Steel, page 7:
glosses: To tarry or delay.
let
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
homophone: Lett
Forms: form: lets
form: lett
form: lettest
form: letteth
Etymology: Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.
Senses: examples: text: Without let or hindrance
text: [E]ver conſider vvhether our doings be to the let of our ſalvation or not.
ref: 1552 June 22 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, Augustine Bernher, compiler, “Sermon XXV. Preached on the Twenty First Sunday after Trinity.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume II, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 541:
text: And Cadmus saw his campanie make tarience in that sort / He marveld what should be their let, and went to seeke them out.
ref: 1567, Ovid, “The Third Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC, lines 60–61:
text: Paulus Emilius going to the glorious expedition of Macedon, advertised the people of Rome during his absence not to speake of his actions: For the licence of judgements is an especiall let in great affaires.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 16, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: An obstacle or hindrance.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
Derived terms: without let or hindrance
lie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪ̯/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: lye
homophone: lai
homophone: Leigh (some placenames)
Forms: form: lies
Etymology: From Middle English lien, liggen, from Old English liċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *liggjan, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Cognate with West Frisian lizze, Dutch liggen, German liegen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ligge, Swedish ligga, Icelandic, Faroese and Norwegian Nynorsk liggja, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan); and with Latin lectus (“bed”), Irish luí, Russian лежа́ть (ležátʹ), Albanian lag (“troop, band, encampment”).
As a noun for position, the noun has the same etymology above as the verb.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
qualifier: disc golf
glosses: The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The position of a fetus in the womb.
glosses: A manner of lying; relative position.
glosses: An animal's lair.
Synonyms: word: alternative fact
word: anti-fact
word: invention
word: bluff
word: bollocks
word: bullshit
word: canard
word: cap
word: chin
word: clanker
word: contradiction
word: cram
word: disinformation
word: fabrication
word: falsehood
word: falsification
word: fib
word: flam
word: goof
word: hoax
word: hummer
word: inveracity
word: inverity
word: jive
word: lie
word: mendacity
word: misinformation
word: mistruth
word: nonsense
word: nontruth
word: pork pie
word: porker
word: porky
word: prevarication
word: red flag
word: rubbish
word: story
word: swack-up
word: tall tale
word: terminological inexactitude
word: untruism
word: untruth
word: whopper
word: wisker
word: yanker
word: yed
Hyponyms: word: barefaced lie
word: big lie
word: butler lie
word: contextomy
word: half-truth
word: fake news
word: noble lie
word: obfuscation
word: white lie
Meronyms: word: deception
word: pack of lies
word: perjury
Derived terms: lie of the land
Related terms: word: the cake is a lie
word: cry wolf
word: give the lie to
word: a lie has no legs
word: lie through one's teeth
word: I tell a lie
word: decoy
word: fake
word: imitate
lie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪ̯/
rhymes: -aɪ
homophone: lye
homophone: lai
homophone: Leigh (some placenames)
Forms: form: lies
form: lying
form: lied
form: lied
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: lie
form: lie
form: lied
form: lie
form: liest
form: lied
form: liedst
form: lies
form: lieth
form: lied
form: lie
form: lied
form: lie
form: lied
form: lie
form: -
form: lying
form: lied
Etymology: From Middle English lien (“to lie, tell a falsehood”), from Old English lēogan (“to lie”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugan, from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (“to lie”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, swear, bemoan”).
Cognate with North Frisian jooge, leeg, löög (“to lie”), Saterland Frisian ljooge (“to lie”), West Frisian lige (“to lie”), Low German legen, liegen, lögen (“to lie”), Dutch liegen (“to lie”), German lügen (“to lie”), Luxembourgish léien (“to lie”), Danish lyve (“to lie”), Faroese lúgva (“to lie”), Icelandic ljúga (“to lie”), Norwegian Bokmål juge, lyge, lyve (“to lie”), Norwegian Nynorsk ljuga, ljuge, lyga, lyge (“to lie”), Scanian ljuğa (“to lie”), Swedish ljuga (“to lie”), and more distantly with Bulgarian лъжа (lǎža, “to lie”), Polish łgać (“to lie”), Russian лгать (lgatʹ, “to lie”), ложь (ložʹ, “falsehood”).
Senses: examples: text: When Pinocchio lies, his nose grows.
text: If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.
text: Don't lie to me!
text: It is true that the latter had assumed much more of the fault than was rightly his, but if he lied a little he may be excused, for he lied in the service of a woman, and he lied like a gentleman.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 54:
text: Lie to get what I came for
Lie to get just what I need
Lie to get what I crave
Lie and smile to get what's mine
ref: 2003, “The Package”, performed by A Perfect Circle:
glosses: To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
examples: text: Photographs often lie.
glosses: To convey a false image or impression.
examples: text: Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.
glosses: To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
Synonyms: prevaricate
Derived terms: belie
can't lie
delie
I can't lie
I'm not going to lie
liar
lie along
lieberal
lie by omission
lie in one's throat
lie like a cheap rug
lie like a cheap watch
lie like a dog
lie through one's teeth
outlie
prophe-lie
testilie
the camera never lies
lain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: lane
Etymology: Inflected forms.
Senses: examples: text: He had lain there for many hours.
text: The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.
text: I ascended to my room, and lay down upon the bed. A whole hour I must have lain thus, with my head resting upon my hand.
ref: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter XII, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/XII):
glosses: past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
synonyms: laid
glosses: past participle of lay (“to put down”)