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lies

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See also: Lies, liés, líes, and -lies

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laɪz/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

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lies

  1. plural of lie

Verb

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lies

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lie

Adjective

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lies

  1. (Mid-Ulster) Great, wonderful
    That kebab was lies!

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch lies.

Noun

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lies (plural lieste)

  1. the groin

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch liesche, from Old Dutch *liosko, from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō.

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Noun

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lies f (plural liezen)

  1. the groin, between the pubis and the thighs

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French

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lies f

  1. plural of lie

Verb

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lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of lier

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German

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lies

  1. imperative singular of lesen

Latin

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Verb

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līēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of līō

Limburgish

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Noun

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lies f

  1. (widespread) list

Livonian

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Latvian liesa.

Noun

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lies

  1. (Salaca) spleen

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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lies

  1. second-person singular present indicative of liesen
  2. second-person singular imperative of liesen

Old English

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līes

  1. singular imperative of līesan

Old French

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lies f pl

  1. oblique plural of lie
  2. nominative plural of lie

Portuguese

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Verb

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lies

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of liar

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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lies m (Cyrillic spelling лиес)

  1. Obsolete spelling of lijes.

Spanish

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Verb

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lies

  1. second-person singular voseo present subjunctive of liar

Swedish

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Noun

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lies

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lie

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