lie in bed

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• lie-a|bed — «LY uh BEHD», noun. a person who lies late in bed; late riser; sluggard …   Useful english dictionary

• bed — n. article of furniture for sleeping 1) to make, make up a bed 2) to undo a bed 3) to lie, stay in bed; to lie, sit on a bed 4) to get out of bed 5) to take to one s bed ( to remain in bed because of illness ) 6) a double; king size; queen size;… …   Combinatory dictionary

• lie — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, big fat (informal), great, monstrous ▪ He told a big fat lie! ▪ little ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• lie — I n. falsehood 1) to tell a lie 2) to give the lie to ( to prove to be false ) 3) a bald faced, barefaced, blatant, brazen, deliberate, downright, monstrous, outright, transparent, whopping; white lie 4) a pack, tissue, web of lies 5) (misc.) to… …   Combinatory dictionary

• 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 — lie1 [lī] vi. lay, lain, lying [ME lien < 2d & 3d pers. sing. of earlier liggen < OE licgan, to lie, akin to Ger liegen < IE base * legh , to lie, lay oneself down > L lectus & Gr lēchos, bed, lōchos, lair] 1. to be or put oneself in… …   English World dictionary

• lie in the bed one has made — To have to accept the consequences of one s own acts • • • Main Entry: ↑bed …   Useful english dictionary

• 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

• lie-in — lie in1 /luy in /, n. a protest demonstration in which participants lie down in a public place against regulations and resist being moved. [1960 65; see LIE2, IN3] lie in2 /luy in /, n. Chiefly Brit. an act or instance of staying in bed longer… …   Universalium

• lie-in — lie ins N COUNT: usu sing If you have a lie in, you rest by staying in bed later than usual in the morning. [BRIT, INFORMAL] I have a lie in on Sundays …   English dictionary

• lie down — n [singular] BrE a short rest, usually on a bed ▪ I m going upstairs to have a lie down …   Dictionary of contemporary English