HyperDic: lying

English > 1 sense of the word *lying*:
NOUN	act	lying, prevarication, fabrication	the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

lying > pronunciation
Sounds	lay'ihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *lying*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
Synonyms	prevarication, fabrication
Narrower	fibbing, paltering	A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
Broader	falsification, misrepresentation	A willful perversion of facts
Spanish	embuste, mentira, prevaricación
Catalan	butllofa, mentida
Verbs	lie	tell an untruth