Definition of "lying" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)

noun

1. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.

   • 1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al. But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?

verb

1. present participle and gerund of lie (“to intentionally give false information”)

noun

1. An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.

adjective

1. Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious

verb

1. simple past and past participle of lye