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Definition of lying : 1. of Lie, to be supported horizontally.
2. of Lie, to tell a falsehood.
3. of Lie, v. i.

Synonyms:

fiction, deception, manufacture, prone, fabrication, duplicity, unsound, fraud, deceitfulness, assembly, craft, unreliable, guile, dropped, fictionalization, fable, hypocrisy, imposition, tricky, deceit, double-dealing, manufacturing, horizontal, prevarication, equivocation, dishonest, deceitful, finesse, false, resting, honest, falsehood, trickery, recumbent, evasiveness, mendacious, treacherous, delusion, truthful, fallen, untruth, lie, cunning, flat, frank, fictionalisation, supine, dissimulation, procumbent

devious, two-faced, untruthful, scheming, deceptive

Usage examples:

• I took up a book which was lying upon the table. - "Man and Maid", Elinor Glyn.
• Lying down's not allowed. - "Tales of the Five Towns", Arnold Bennett.
• She walked forward to the bed, and gazed at the man lying there. - "The Front Yard", Constance Fenimore Woolson.