dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lyi_MW.json

{
  "lying":{
    "antonyms":[
      "honest",
      "truthful",
      "veracious"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": marked by or containing untrue statements : false":[
        "a lying account of the accident"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "He was found dead lying face up on his hotel bed with no signs of trauma, according to a Monday report from the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Florida. \u2014 Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times , 14 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English leghynge , present participle of lien to lie":"Adjective"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8l\u012b-i\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "dishonest",
      "mendacious",
      "untruthful"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065749",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "lying press":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a press in which sheets or books are held by lateral pressure for various bookbinding operations":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053143"
  },
  "lyingly":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a lying manner : falsely":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English leeiyyngli , from leeiyyng, leghynge lying + -li -ly":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-053620"
  },
  "lying-in":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the state attending and consequent to childbirth : confinement":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccl\u012b-i\u014b-\u02c8in"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-105013"
  },
  "lying fallow":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not being used":[
        "There were too many promising ideas lying fallow at the company."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155359"
  }
}