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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lie back en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To lie down by moving in a posterior direction, ending up supine.
    • The imaging technician told him to lie back and then remain still for a minute.
  2. To relax, to exert less effort.
    • You can predict that he's going to lie back and take it easy if you let him find out that there's no pressing deadline from the customer on this job.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lain back Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lay back Tense=Past lexicographic
lying back Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lies back Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

lie back and think of England

Hypernyms

lie down

Synonyms

resupinate · supinate