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Meaning of lie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. To do little or nothing: He's lying down on the job.
  2. To be in confinement for childbirth.
  3. To remain stationary while facing the wind.
  4. To say or write as a lie.
  5. To lie outrageously or brazenly.
  6. The position in which the ball lies on the course after a stroke.
  7. An untrue declaration:canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, tale, untruth.
  8. To make untrue declarations:falsify, fib, forswear, prevaricate.
  9. a false statement made with the intention of deceiving. It would be a lie to say I knew, because I didn't. leun كَذِب، كِذْبَه лъжа mentira lež die Lüge løgn ψέμαmentira vale دروغ vale mensongeשקר झूठ laž hazugság dusta lygi bugia 嘘 거짓말 melas meli bohong leugenløgnkłamstwo درواغ mentira minciună ложь lož laž laž lögn คำโกหก yalan 謊話 брехня; обман جھوٹ lời nói dối 谎话
  10. to say etc something which is not true, with the intention of deceiving. There's no point in asking her – she'll just lie about it. lieg يَكْذِب лъжа mentir lhát lügen lyve λέω ψέματα mentir valetama دروغ گفتن valehdella mentir לְשַׁקֵר झूठ बोलना, भ्रमित करना lagati hazudik berdusta ljúga mentire 嘘をつく 거짓말하다 meluoti, nesakyti tiesos melot berbohong liegenlyvekłamać درواغ ويل mentir a minţi лгать klamať lagati lagati ljuga โกหก yalan söylemek 說謊 брехати غلط بیانی کرنا nói dối 说谎
    etc

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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