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Meaning of lie by | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To have sex with.
    obsolete, transitive
  2. To rest from labour; to take a break.
    dated, intransitive

Examples

“Than he lete make a cry thorow all the oste that uppon layne of lyff and lymme […] that no lyege man that longyth to his oste sholde lye be no maydens ne ladyes nother no burgessis wyff that to the cité longis.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

lie doggo lie down lie down on the job lie ill in one's mouth lie in lie in ambush

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