Usually means: Assume a horizontal resting position.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word lie down:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. lie down: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lie down: Merriam-Webster
  3. lie-down: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lie-down, lie-down, lie down: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lie down: Vocabulary.com
  6. lie-down: Wordnik
  7. lie-down, lie down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. lie-down, lie down: Wiktionary
  9. lie-down: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. lie-down, lie down: Dictionary.com
  11. lie down: Rhymezone
  12. lie down: FreeDictionary.org
  13. lie down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. lie-down, lie down: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lie down: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lie down: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lie down: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lie down)

verb:  (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
verb:  (imperative) A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
verb:  (intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
verb:  (intransitive) To submit passively.
verb:  (with 'with', euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (with).

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