Dictionary

lie down en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
   • Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
2. (imperative, intransitive) To assume a horizontal position. ▸ A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
3. (intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
   • He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
   • They may have finished 11 points behind West Ham and lost both league games, conceding eight goals, but the Tangerine dream remains alive. Holloway said: “We won’t get a bigger test than West Ham but we’ve got one chance. If you’d asked me last summer when I lost all those players I’d have said this was a dead duck, but we don’t lie down at this club.” 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph:
4. (intransitive) To submit passively.
   • I'm not going to lie down and take this!
5. (euphemistic, with 'with') To have sexual intercourse (with).

Forms

Antonyms

get up · get up

Deriveds

take lying down · lie-down · liedown · lie down on the job

Relateds

go to bed · lay down

Translations (146)

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'ooleenek' (assume a horizontal position) · xfa leco (assume a horizontal position) · zza kewten (assume a horizontal position) · fr s'allonger (assume a horizontal position) · nl neerliggen (assume a horizontal position) · he שָׁכַב (assume a horizontal position) · gl deitarse (assume a horizontal position) · fi mennä maata (assume a horizontal position) · ttj -byama (assume a horizontal position) · ar اِسْتَلْقَى (assume a horizontal position) · fi mennä makuulle (assume a horizontal position) · pl kłaść się (assume a horizontal position) · es tenderse (assume a horizontal position) · sh лȅћи (assume a horizontal position) · la iaceō (assume a horizontal position) · nl gaan liggen (assume a horizontal position) · ja 身を伏せる (assume a horizontal position) · tk ýatmak (assume a horizontal position) · uga 𐎌𐎋𐎁 (assume a horizontal position) · sq shtrihem (assume a horizontal position) · ta படு (assume a horizontal position) · sk ľahnúť si (assume a horizontal position) · tr yatmak (assume a horizontal position) · cy gorwedd (assume a horizontal position) · tg хобидан (assume a horizontal position) · fa لمیدن (assume a horizontal position) · jv glèthak (assume a horizontal position) · nb legge seg (assume a horizontal position) · rm s'extender (assume a horizontal position) · ca gitar (assume a horizontal position) · bn শুয়ে পড়া (assume a horizontal position) · hu lefekszik (assume a horizontal position) · ko 눕다 (assume a horizontal position) · fa دراز کشیدن (assume a horizontal position) · srn didon (assume a horizontal position) · ce вижа (assume a horizontal position) · got 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (assume a horizontal position) · la cubō (assume a horizontal position) · xpm ak (assume a horizontal position) · pt deitar-se (assume a horizontal position) · eo kuŝiĝi (assume a horizontal position) · sv lägga sig (assume a horizontal position) · lld se ponder (assume a horizontal position) · ar اِضْطَجَعَ (assume a horizontal position) · xdq чибигъа́ра (assume a horizontal position) · dsb połožowaś se (assume a horizontal position) · ro a se culca (assume a horizontal position) · az yatmaq (assume a horizontal position) · ur لیٹنا (assume a horizontal position) · cs lehnout si (assume a horizontal position) · cs lehat si (assume a horizontal position) · lv nogulties (assume a horizontal position) · ky жатуу (assume a horizontal position) · grc κεῖμαι (assume a horizontal position) · it sdraiarsi (assume a horizontal position) · de sich legen (assume a horizontal position) · ja 横になる (assume a horizontal position) · txb lyäk- (assume a horizontal position) · kk жату (assume a horizontal position) · ug ياتماق (assume a horizontal position) · ang liċġan (assume a horizontal position) · sw lala chini (assume a horizontal position) · inh вижа (assume a horizontal position) · bcl higda (assume a horizontal position) · ne पल्टिनु (assume a horizontal position) · afb انسدح (assume a horizontal position) · dsb połožyś se (assume a horizontal position) · fr s'étendre (assume a horizontal position) · mn хэвтэх (assume a horizontal position) · akk niālum (assume a horizontal position) · fi käydä pitkälleen (assume a horizontal position) · eo sterni (assume a horizontal position) · vi nằm ngửa (assume a horizontal position) · ms baring (assume a horizontal position) · ka დაწოლა (assume a horizontal position) · vi nằm ngả (assume a horizontal position) · fi käydä pitkäkseen (assume a horizontal position) · el ξαπλώνω (assume a horizontal position) · gd laigh (assume a horizontal position) · cv вырт (assume a horizontal position) · ja 臥す (assume a horizontal position) · hu fekszik (assume a horizontal position) · xdq кабилса́на (assume a horizontal position) · be кла́сціся (assume a horizontal position) · cmn 偃 (assume a horizontal position) · la dēcumbō (assume a horizontal position) · izh loottiissa (assume a horizontal position) · fa خوابیدن (assume a horizontal position) · cmn 躺 (assume a horizontal position) · uz yotmoq (assume a horizontal position) · is leggjast (assume a horizontal position) · id berbaring (assume a horizontal position) · bg ля́гам си (assume a horizontal position) · cmn 躺下 (assume a horizontal position) · sh lȅći (assume a horizontal position) · uk лягти́ (assume a horizontal position) · da lægge sig (assume a horizontal position) · it distendersi (assume a horizontal position) · es echarse (assume a horizontal position) · is leggjast niður (assume a horizontal position) · lt atsigulti (assume a horizontal position) · ru ложи́ться (assume a horizontal position) · pl położyć się (assume a horizontal position) · bg ле́гна си (assume a horizontal position) · la recumbō (assume a horizontal position) · abg bed̶ao (assume a horizontal position) · ja 俯せる (assume a horizontal position) · be легчы́ (assume a horizontal position) · vi nằm xuống (assume a horizontal position) · km ដេក (assume a horizontal position) · it coricarsi (assume a horizontal position) · hi लेटना (assume a horizontal position) · xfa cupo (assume a horizontal position) · uk ляга́ти (assume a horizontal position) · nan-hbl 倒 (assume a horizontal position) · sl léči (assume a horizontal position) · es acostarse (assume a horizontal position) · de niederlegen (assume a horizontal position) · bho लेटल (assume a horizontal position) · tt ятарга (assume a horizontal position) · de sich hinlegen (assume a horizontal position) · vi ngả lưng (assume a horizontal position) · jra đih (assume a horizontal position)