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Infinitive	Imperative	Participle
to lie	lie let's lie lie	Present Past lying lain

Indicative
Present Past I lie you lie he/she/it lies we lie you lie they lie I lay you lay he/she/it lay we lay you lay they lay

Past participle
having lain

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect I am lying you are lying he/she/it is lying we are lying you are lying they are lying I have lain you have lain he/she/it has lain we have lain you have lain they have lain I will lie you will lie he/she/it will lie we will lie you will lie they will lie I will have lain you will have lain he/she/it will have lain we will have lain you will have lain they will have lain
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous I was lying you were lying he/she/it was lying we were lying you were lying they were lying I had lain you had lain he/she/it had lain we had lain you had lain they had lain I will be lying you will be lying he/she/it will be lying we will be lying you will be lying they will be lying
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous I have been lying you have been lying he/she/it has been lying we have been lying you have been lying they have been lying I had been lying you had been lying he/she/it had been lying we had been lying you had been lying they had been lying I will have been lying you will have been lying he/she/it will have been lying we will have been lying you will have been lying they will have been lying

Infinitive	Imperative	Participle
not to lie	do not lie let's not lie do not lie	Present Past not lying not lain

Indicative
Present Past I do not lie you do not lie he/she/it does not lie we do not lie you do not lie they do not lie I did not lie you did not lie he/she/it did not lie we did not lie you did not lie they did not lie

Past participle
not having lain

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect I am not lying you are not lying he/she/it is not lying we are not lying you are not lying they are not lying I have not lain you have not lain he/she/it has not lain we have not lain you have not lain they have not lain I will not lie you will not lie he/she/it will not lie we will not lie you will not lie they will not lie I will not have lain you will not have lain he/she/it will not have lain we will not have lain you will not have lain they will not have lain
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous I was not lying you were not lying he/she/it was not lying we were not lying you were not lying they were not lying I had not lain you had not lain he/she/it had not lain we had not lain you had not lain they had not lain I will not be lying you will not be lying he/she/it will not be lying we will not be lying you will not be lying they will not be lying
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous I have not been lying you have not been lying he/she/it has not been lying we have not been lying you have not been lying they have not been lying I had not been lying you had not been lying he/she/it had not been lying we had not been lying you had not been lying they had not been lying I will not have been lying you will not have been lying he/she/it will not have been lying we will not have been lying you will not have been lying they will not have been lying

Indicative
Present Past do I lie ? do you lie ? does he/she/it lie ? do we lie ? do you lie ? do they lie? did I lie ? did you lie ? did he/she/it lie ? did we lie ? did you lie ? did they lie ?

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect am I lying ? are you lying ? is he/she/it lying ? are we lying ? are you lying ? are they lying ? have I lain ? have you lain ? has he/she/it lain ? have we lain ? have you lain ? have they lain ? will I lie ? will you lie ? will he/she/it lie ? will we lie ? will you lie ? will they lie ? will I have lain ? will you have lain ? will he/she/it have lain ? will we have lain ? will you have lain ? will they have lain ?
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous was I lying ? were you lying ? was he/she/it lying ? were we lying ? were you lying ? were they lying ? had I lain ? had you lain ? had he/she/it lain ? had we lain ? had you lain ? had they lain ? will I be lying ? will you be lying ? will he/she/it be lying ? will we be lying ? will you be lying ? will they be lying ?
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous have I been lying ? have you been lying ? has he/she/it been lying ? have we been lying ? have you been lying ? have they been lying ? had I been lying ? had you been lying ? had he/she/it been lying ? had we been lying ? had you been lying ? had they been lying ? will I have been lying ? will you have been lying ? will he/she/it have been lying ? will we have been lying ? will you have been lying ? will they have been lying ?

Past participle
having lain

Indicative
Present continuous Present perfect Future Future perfect I am lying you are lying he/she/it is lying we are lying you are lying they are lying I have lain you have lain he/she/it has lain we have lain you have lain they have lain I will lie you will lie he/she/it will lie we will lie you will lie they will lie I will have lain you will have lain he/she/it will have lain we will have lain you will have lain they will have lain
Past continuous Past perfect Future continuous I was lying you were lying he/she/it was lying we were lying you were lying they were lying I had lain you had lain he/she/it had lain we had lain you had lain they had lain I will be lying you will be lying he/she/it will be lying we will be lying you will be lying they will be lying
Present perfect continuous Past perfect continuous Future perfect continuous I have been lying you have been lying he/she/it has been lying we have been lying you have been lying they have been lying I had been lying you had been lying he/she/it had been lying we had been lying you had been lying they had been lying I will have been lying you will have been lying he/she/it will have been lying we will have been lying you will have been lying they will have been lying

See also verbs with similar meaning: lie about,  lie around,  lie awake,  lie dormant,  lie down,  more ...


-  Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
-  Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
-  Assume a reclining position
-  Originate (in)
-  Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
-  Have a place in relation to something else
-  Be and remain in a particular state or condition



-  She lied when she told me she was only 29
-  The books are lying on the shelf
-  Lie down on the bed until you feel better
-  The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
-  The responsibility rests with the Allies
-  Lie dormant


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