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lie

n. position or manner in which something is situated

inch, in

n. a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

prevarication, lie

n. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

indium, In, atomic number 49

n. a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite

Indiana, Hoosier State, IN

n. federate state in the United States of America

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 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 located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

lie

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

lie, tell a 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, lie down

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

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, dwell, consist, belong

v. originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

in, inside an enclosed space

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

in, inward, inwards

adv. to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the door"

in

adj. holding office; "the in party"

in

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

in

adj. directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"

in

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

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

bit, morsel

n. a small quantity of anything; "a bit of paper was all he needed"

dash, style, panache, elan, flair

n. distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer"

molecule

n. (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

particle, speck, atom, molecule, mote

n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on

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

dissembling, pretense, feigning

n. pretending with intention to deceive

blind, subterfuge

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"

stand, bear, stomach, brook, suffer, endure, tolerate, abide, put up with

v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

dodge, parry, sidestep, duck, hedge, skirt, fudge, evade, circumvent, elude, put off

v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

warp, falsify, distort, garble

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

strain, deform, distort

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

lounge, loaf, lurk, mill about, mill around, tarry, linger, footle, loiter, lollygag, lallygag, be about, mess about, hang 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, make less tight

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

relax, loosen, become loose, become looser

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

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

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

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

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, lay, put down

v. put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

relax, loosen, become loose, become looser

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

stretch, stretch out, unfold

v. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"

modish, stylish, in vogue, in style, a la mode, à la mode

adj. in the current fashion or style

chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

faddish, faddy

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

mod, modern, up-to-date, up to date

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

smart

adj. of or associated with people of fashion; "the fashionable side of town"; "the smart set"

trendsetting, trend-setting

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

trendy, voguish

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

inward, arriving, inbound

adj. directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital"

entering, ingoing

adj. "incoming class"; "the ingoing administration"; "ingoing data"

designate

adj. appointed but not yet installed in office

elect

adj. elected but not yet installed in office; "the president elect"

future, succeeding, next

adj. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving; "our next president"

inflowing, influent

adj. flowing inward

inpouring

adj. pouring inward; "inpouring throngs of immigrants"

prosperous, flourishing, thriving, booming, roaring, palmy, prospering

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

triple-crown

adj. unofficial championship title for player who heads the league in batting average and home runs and runs batted in

eminent

adj. having achieved eminence; "an eminent physician"

hitless, no-hit

adj. of a game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; "a no-hit pitcher"; "a no-hit game"

made

adj. successful or assured of success; "now I am a made man forever"- Christopher Marlowe

productive

adj. yielding positive results

self-made

adj. having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts; "a self-made millionaire"

winning, victorious

adj. having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"

winning

adj. bringing success; "the winning run"

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, be upright, be standing

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

sit

v. be seated

rise, arise, get up, stand up, get to one's feet

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

out

adj. not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather"

out

adv. outside of an enclosed space: "She is out"

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