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Definition of Lie down
1. Verb. Assume a reclining position. "Lie down on the bed until you feel better"
Related verbs: Lie
Generic synonyms: Change Posture
Specialized synonyms: Stretch, Stretch Out, Charge, Bow Down, Prostrate
Antonyms: Arise
Definition of Lie down
1. Verb. (intransitive) to assume a reclining position ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to be lazy or remiss ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lie Down
Literary usage of Lie down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"3: 5.1 called not; lie down again. 6. my son ; tie down again. 9. Go, Hi' down :
and it shall be, •2Sa. 13: 5. Lay thee down on thy hod, 2Sa. 13:11. ..."
2. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"The ideas which strike the fancy arise in us without our choice, either from the
occurrences of the day past, the temper we lie down in, or it may be the ..."
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