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lied1    Audio Help   [lahyd] Pronunciation Key
–verb
pt. and pp. of lie1.
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lied2    Audio Help   [leed; Ger. leet] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural lied·er    Audio Help   [lee-der; Ger. lee-duhr] Pronunciation Key.
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership: Schubert lieder.
[Origin: 1850–55; < G]
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lie1    Audio Help   [lahy] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, lied, ly·ing.
–noun
1.a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
2.something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture: His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one.
3.an inaccurate or false statement.
4.the charge or accusation of lying: He flung the lie back at his accusers.
–verb (used without object)
5.to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive.
6.to express what is false; convey a false impression.
–verb (used with object)
7.to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
—Idioms
8.give the lie to,
a.to accuse of lying; contradict.
b.to prove or imply the falsity of; belie: His poor work gives the lie to his claims of experience.
9.lie in one's throat or teeth, to lie grossly or maliciously: If she told you exactly the opposite of what she told me, she must be lying in her teeth. Also, lie through one's teeth.
[Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE lyge; c. G Lüge, ON lygi; akin to Goth liugn; (v.) ME lien, OE léogan (intransit.); c. G lügen, ON ljūga, Goth liugan]

—Synonyms 1. prevarication, falsification. See falsehood. 5. prevaricate, fib.
—Antonyms 1. truth.
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lie 2    Audio Help   (lī)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood.
  2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression.

v.   lied, ly·ing (lī'ĭng), lies

v.   intr.
  1. To present false information with the intention of deceiving.
  2. To convey a false image or impression: Appearances often lie.

v.   tr.
To cause to be in a specific condition or affect in a specific way by telling falsehoods: You have lied yourself into trouble.


[Middle English, from Old English lyge; see leugh- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to evade or depart from the truth: a witness who lied under oath; didn't equivocate about her real purpose; fibbed to escape being scolded; paltering with an irate customer; didn't prevaricate but answered honestly.

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lied    Audio Help   (lēt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. lie·der (lē'dər)
A German art song for solo voice and piano.


[German Lied, from Middle High German liet, from Old High German liod.]

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lied 
1852, from Ger., lit. "song," from M.H.G. liet, from O.H.G. liod, from P.Gmc. *leuthan (see laud).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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lied

noun
a German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano 

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Lied

Lie\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lied (l[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Lying (l[imac]"[i^]ng).] [OE. lien, li[yogh]en, le[yogh]en, leo[yogh]en, AS. le['o]gan; akin to D. liegen, OS. & OHG. liogan, G. l["u]gen, Icel. lj[=u]ga, Sw. ljuga, Dan. lyve, Goth. liugan, Russ. lgate.] To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

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