lie with en · VERB
Meanings
-
(US, transitive) To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).
That task lies with you.
-
(archaic, euphemistic) To have sex with someone.
Howbeit hee would not hearken vnto her voice, but being stronger then shee, forced her, and lay with her.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 13:14:While this band was not especially powerful, Shiagur was a female warlord – and one of the few remaining fertile females, at that. She had, through viciousness and cunning, parlayed her unique value into a position of power. Krogan males competed for the right to join her band and lie with her.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Canrum:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lay with | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lying with | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lies with | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| lain with | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
if you lie with dogs you will get fleas
Synonyms
lie by · know · sleep with
Translations (12)
he שָׁכַב (to have sex) · nn ligge med (to have sex) · pl przespać się z (to have sex) · la concumbō (to have sex) · nn liggje med (to have sex) · nn ligga med (to have sex) · la cubō cum (to have sex) · nn liggja med (to have sex) · pl spać z (to have sex) · sv ligga med (to have sex) · la iaceō cum (to have sex) · nb ligge med (to have sex)