lie down to sleep

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• lie down — verb assume a reclining position (Freq. 11) lie down on the bed until you feel better • Syn: ↑lie • Ant: ↑arise • Hypernyms: ↑change posture …   Useful english dictionary

• lie down — PHRASAL VERB When you lie down, you move into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest or sleep. [V P] Why don t you go upstairs and lie down for a bit? …   English dictionary

• ˌlie ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) to put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on a surface, especially in order to rest or to sleep I m going to go and lie down for a while.[/ex] 2) not take sth lying down to not accept unfair treatment, by… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• lay down vs lie down —   Lay down has several different meanings.   If you lay something down it can mean you officially establish a rule, or officially state the way in which something should be done.   For example:   Please follow the rules laid down by the… …   English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

• lay down vs lie down —   Lay down has several different meanings.   If you lay something down it can mean you officially establish a rule, or officially state the way in which something should be done.   For example:   Please follow the rules laid down by the… …   English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

• Lie — Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lie — [n] untruth aspersion, backbiting, calumniation, calumny, deceit, deception, defamation, detraction, dishonesty, disinformation, distortion, evasion, fable, fabrication, falsehood, falseness, falsification, falsity, fib, fiction, forgery,… …   New thesaurus

• get one's head down —  Lie down to sleep …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• Sleep — Waking up redirects here. For other uses, see Waking Up (disambiguation). This article is about sleep in general; for specifically non human sleep see Sleep (non human); for other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation). Sleeping child Sleep is a… …   Wikipedia

• lie — 1 /laI/ verb present participle lyingpast tense lay, past participle lain /leIn/ 1 FLAT POSITION a) (intransitive always + adv/prep) to be in a position in which your body is flat on the floor, on a bed etc (+ on/in/there etc): He was lying on… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sleep — sleepful, adj. sleeplike, adj. /sleep/, v., slept, sleeping, n. v.i. 1. to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 2. Bot. to… …   Universalium