{
    "term": "lie",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "lie",
            "heSheIt": "lies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "lay",
        "pastParticiple": "lain",
        "ingForm": "lying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be or put yourself in a flat position so that you are not standing or sitting",
            "sensetop": "lie + adv./prep.lie + adj.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **lie on your back/side/front**",
                    "contextForm": "lie + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **lay in bed** listening to music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Lie there** for a bit until you feel better."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **lay awake** all night worrying about it.",
                    "contextForm": "lie + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She likes to lie in bed all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was lying next to his wife in bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I lay on the sofa reading my book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I lay on the grass and fell asleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wouldn't enjoy a holiday just lying on the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A man lay dead in the middle of the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They found her lying in a pool of blood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They found him lying unconscious at the foot of the stairs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fell on the floor and just lay there not moving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her body lay motionless on the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lying there listening to music, I felt at peace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He just lay there smiling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They stole her belongings while she lay helpless on the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A sleeping dog lies at his feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was lying face down in the mud."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was lying flat on the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lie face up on the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lie still and try to sleep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lie still while I put the bandage on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They lay quietly for a while."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lay on his stomach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lay sprawled on the sofa."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was lying naked on the bed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lay on her back and looked up at the sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The painting depicts a male figure lying prone."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["down", "there", "comfortably"],
                "preposition": ["on", "in"],
                "phrases": ["lie asleep", "lie awake", "lie dead"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be or remain in a flat position on a surface",
            "sensetop": "lie + adv./prep.lie + adj.",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Clothes were lying all over the floor.",
                    "contextForm": "lie + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She picked up a pen that was lying nearby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book **lay open** on the desk.",
                    "contextForm": "lie + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure the fabric **lies flat**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He just leaves his wet towel lying on the carpet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Broken glass lay scattered all over the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An empty pill bottle lay on the bedside table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He found a piece of quartz lying on the sand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She left the letter lying unread on her desk for a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tried to pick up the gun that was lying close by."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A stack of waffles lay next to a pile of blueberry pancakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The books lay gathering dust on the shelf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Debris and rubble lay everywhere."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cables, pipes and wires that serve New York lie as deep as 800 feet underground."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ship now lies at the bottom of the sea."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["down", "there", "comfortably"],
                "preposition": ["on", "in"],
                "phrases": ["lie asleep", "lie awake", "lie dead"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be, remain or be kept in a particular state",
            "sensetop": "lie + adj.lie + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Houses **lie empty** while people are homeless.",
                    "contextForm": "lie + adj."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These machines have **lain idle** since the factory closed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Snow was lying thick on the ground."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Much of the city now **lay in ruins**.",
                    "contextForm": "lie + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a ship lying at anchor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd rather use my money than leave it lying in the bank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The seeds lie dormant in the soil throughout the winter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Passengers were standing up while first class seats lay empty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Too many apartments are lying vacant."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The field is left to lie fallow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These Roman ruins have lain undiscovered for two thousand years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This precious film lay untouched in an attic."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our plans lay in ruins."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their dreams lay in tatters."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to exist or be found",
            "sensetop": "lie in somethinglie with somebodylie + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The **problem lies** in deciding when to intervene.",
                    "contextForm": "lie in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our strength lies in our loyal customer base."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The fault lies with you.",
                    "contextForm": "lie with somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The answer seems to lie elsewhere.",
                    "contextForm": "lie + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to consider carefully where our best **interests lie.**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Different people see quite different things in this film, and **therein lies** its genius."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My main interest lies in his early work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The big difference between them lies in their attitudes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her strength lies in her ability to understand her opponent's thinking."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The challenge lies in the fact that most people do not like to plan so far ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The appeal of his paintings lies in their simplicity and boldness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The answer lies in your hands."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where does the answer lie?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The really important things lie outside our narrow concerns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is an issue that lies very close to my heart."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the power lies with him in this situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our sympathies lie with the main character."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of units would be needed, and therein lies the challenge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cloning endangered species may seem a wonderful idea, but where would scientists stop? Herein lies the danger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can guess what lies at the root of her problems: money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Joy and love lie at the heart of all his films."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the heart of this story there lies a puzzle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Between the two of them there lay an unspoken tension."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to be located in a particular place",
            "sensetop": "lie + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The town lies on the coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An island lies in the middle of the lagoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building dates from around 1700 and lies close to the centre of Vienna."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The village lies in the foothills of the Dolomites."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The site lies next to the old library building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a field lying next to the barn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We walked to a stream that lay nearby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The palace lies just outside the city walls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The airport lies 50 miles east of the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These nations lie close to the sea lanes between Europe and China and Japan."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to be spread out in a particular place",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The valley lay below us."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to be in a particular position during a competition",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.+ adj.",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thompson is lying in fourth place.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After five games the German team are lying second.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adj."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be the original cause of something, especially something unpleasant",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We need to find out what lies at the bottom of these fears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd love to know what lies at the bottom of all this."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be very easy to notice in a particular place in a way that is unpleasant",
            "sensetop": "hang/lie heavy (on/in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Smoke lay heavy on the far side of the water."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to cause somebody/something to feel uncomfortable or anxious",
            "sensetop": "hang/lie heavy on somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The crime lay heavy on her conscience."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be going to happen to somebody in the future",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You are young and your whole life lies ahead of you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She didn’t know what lay in store."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We must be prepared for whatever lies ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "None of us knows what lies in store for us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A tremendous amount of work lay ahead of us."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if a person lies flat, they reject the competitive work culture in society and adopt a more relaxed attitude to life, trying to do and spend as little as possible",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Many Chinese youth are ‘lying flat’ to express their frustration with the lack of upward social mobility."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be placed on view in a public place before being buried",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hide, waiting to surprise, attack or catch somebody",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try not to attract attention to yourself",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to find out about a situation",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Let's wait and see how the land lies before we do anything."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to accept an offensive remark or act without protesting or reacting",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "you must accept the results of your actions",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪ/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lie__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪz/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lies__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/leɪ/",
                "audio": "la/lie/lay__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/leɪn/",
                "audio": "la/lie/lain__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ly/lie/lying__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪ/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lie__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/laɪz/",
                "audio": "li/lie/lies__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/leɪ/",
                "audio": "la/lie/lay__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/leɪn/",
                "audio": "la/lie/lain__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ly/lie/lying__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed’."
}