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n. position or manner in which something is situated

n. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

v. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

lie

v. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

lie

v. be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

lie

v. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

lie, rest

v. have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

rest, lie

v. have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

lie down, lie

v. assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

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line

n. a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent

band, banding, stripe

n. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling

n. pretending with intention to deceive

subterfuge, blind

n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

lounge

v. sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

hedge

v. minimize loss or risk; "diversify your financial portfolio to hedge price risks"; "hedge your bets"

falsify, distort, garble, warp

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

color, colour, distort

v. make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

deform, distort, strain

v. alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

v. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

relax, unbend

v. make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed

v. cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me"

exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth

v. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"

repose, lie when dead

v. lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

repose

v. to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

loosen, relax, loose

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

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truth, true statement

n. a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"

stand, stand up

v. be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"

sit, sit down

v. be seated

stand, stand up

v. be standing; be upright; "We had to stand for the entire performance!"

sit, sit down

v. be seated

arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up

v. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

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