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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-lying.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|ly|ing}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪɪŋ|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
{{m|en|lie||to [[rest#Verb|rest]] in a [[horizontal]] [[position]]|id=to rest}} {{suffix|en||ing}}.

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|lie||ing-form|t=to [[rest#Verb|rest]] in a [[horizontal]] [[position]]|id=to rest}}
#* {{Q|en|Austen|Sense and Sensibility|19|quote=Without shutting herself up from her family ... or '''lying''' awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward.}}

=====Usage notes=====
Not to be confused with {{m|en|laying}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
#* '''1854''', Saint Augustine, ''Expositions on the Book of Psalms'', [[s:Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I/Volume VIII/Expositions on the Book of Psalms/Psalm LXIV|Psalm LXIV]], translated by [[s:Author:Philip Schaff|Philip Schaff]] et al.
#*: But whom could the '''lyings''' in wait of the human heart escape?

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|low-lying| deep-lying|lying flat|lying in wait|lying panel|lying-in|take lying down|high-lying}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|act of keeping low to the ground}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|makuu}}, {{t+|fi|makaaminen}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|xacer}}
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===Etymology 2===
{{m|en|lie||to [[intentionally]] [[give]] [[false]] [[information]]|id=false}} {{suffix|en||ing}}.

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|lie||ing-form|t=to [[intentionally]] [[give]] [[false]] [[information]]|id=false}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# An [[act#Noun|act]] of [[tell#Verb|telling]] a [[lie#Noun|lie]] or [[falsehood]].
#* {{RQ:Taylor Twenty-five Sermons|subtitle=Sermon XX. [Apples of Sodom; or, The Fruits of Sin.] Part II.|page=298|passage=[W]hether a man would fain be pleased with sin, or be quiet and fearless when he hath sinned, or continue in it, or persuade others to it, he must do it by false propositions, by '''lyings''', and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools, or such as have made themselves so, or are made so by others.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|act of telling a lie}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|كَذِب|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|лъжа|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|valehtelu}}, {{t+|fi|valehteleminen}}
* German: {{t+|de|lügend}}
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====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-|more|er}}

# Tending to tell lies, [[untruthful]], [[mendacious]]
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2|2|1|passage={{small caps|Gloster}}: Then, Saunder, sit there, the '''lyingest''' knave in Christendom.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew|Induction|2|passage={{small caps|Sly}}: Ask Marian Hacket, the fat ale-wife of Wincot, if she know me not: if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale, score me up for the '''lyingest''' knave in Christendom.}}
#* {{quote-book|en
|text=“God, how you lie, skinny! You’re about the '''lyingest''' woman I’ve ever met. I’ll be damned if I’ll keep on asking questions when it’s plain as day you’re not about to give out any answers.
|page=178
|title=Mixed Emotions
|author=Charlotte Vale Allen
|publisher=Island Nation Press LLC
|year=1998
|isbn=9780965743785
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FmN0TLrB5EC&lpg=PA178&dq=%22lyingest%22&pg=PA179#v=onepage&q=%22lyingest%22&f=false
}}

===Etymology 3===
{{m|en|lye|}}. {{qual|a chemical liquid}}

====Verb====
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|lye||ed-form}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|lie}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=gilny|lingy}}