adj
(figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
n
(idiomatic) A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action.
n
(idiomatic) The end of a long and difficult process.
v
To place one leg over the other, especially while sitting down.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To work persistently or laboriously; be occupied in working (e.g. in the earth, rake among dirt, etc.).
n
(representing dialect or variant pronunciation) Forehead.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To bar in; to shut up.
v
(transitive) To lie with.
n
(representing dialect or variant pronunciation) Forehead.
n
(representing dialect or variant pronunciation) Forehead.
n
(representing dialect or variant pronunciation) Forehead.
v
(simile) to go extremely well.
v
(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
adj
Lying in a hospital, having been hospitalized.
v
(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
adj
Alternative form of last-ditch [(idiomatic) Final, as a last resort; done in desperation.]
v
(rare, archaic, intransitive) To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter.
n
(obsolete) A lying in concealment; hiding.
v
(intransitive, proscribed) To lie down on one's back; to lie back.
v
(intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
v
(obsolete, by extension) To pawn.
v
(informal, sometimes proscribed) To lie low, to be inconspicuous, especially when the potential object of search.
v
(idiomatic) To bury one who has died.
v
(transitive) To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed.
v
nonstandard form of laid up.
n
The state of being laid up.
adj
(of a form of entertainment) Enjoyed passively by the spectator, user, etc.
v
(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
v
(obsolete) To lie flat; to be extended at full length.
v
(intransitive) To lie down from a sitting position
v
(intransitive, dated) To rest from labour; to take a break.
v
(intransitive) To assume a reclining position.
v
(archaic) To be brought to bed in childbirth.
v
(obsolete, idiomatic) To lie (tell a falsehood) flatly or outright.
v
(intransitive) Of a deceased official, such as a head of state, to be placed in a state building to allow the public to pay their respects, often followed by a state funeral.
v
(simile) To lie a lot; to be a big liar
v
(simile) To lie a lot; to tell many untruths.
v
(intransitive) To conceal oneself; to remain hidden.
n
A form of protest where a group of people lie down in a public area.
n
Alternative form of lie-down [A short period of rest while lying.]
v
(intransitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.
v
(obsolete) To lie; to tell lies.
n
(dialectal) One who lies in bed.
v
(intransitive, rare) To live in the open air.
n
A short time for relaxing and doing something else.
v
(also figuratively) To throw oneself down in submission.
n
A situation in which competition between entities leads to elimination of perks or amenities, often in the interest of cutting costs.
v
(intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
v
(idiomatic) To relax, to not exert oneself.
v
To assume a low or sunken position.
v
To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
v
(transitive) To endure without complaint or protest.
n
(idiomatic) The point at which one has run out of options or the ability to delay.
v
(intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
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