dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/lyi_MW.json
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{
"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"
}
}