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Definition of Lie around
1. Verb. Hang around idly. "She did all the work while he lay around"
Definition of Lie around
1. Verb. To be in an unknown place. ¹
2. Verb. to do nothing in particular, to be idle ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lie Around
Literary usage of Lie around
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of History by Augustus Schade, Rudolf Rocholl (1899)
"... are mostly broken and lie around iii pieces ; and the semblances of Ko-pito-pito
are found not only in its vicinity but they are distributed over many ..."
2. A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson (1913)
"This or that little token or keepsake, piles of letters I hate to burn, many
dresses, etc., I cannot take conveniently, lie around me, and I hardly know ..."
3. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"To some who stuff their pets at meal-time and between times, and then have them
lie around in idleness that dulls their wits if it does not actually make ..."
4. The Brandywine by John Russell Hayes (1898)
"... And all the glory of the violet hills That lie around Athena's marble town.
Athena! ah, the name is here unknown; Unheard Cephissus and Ilissus here; ..."
5. A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament by Edward Robinson (1836)
"... pp. to lie around, to be circumjacent, eg mountains ... In NT to lie around,
and also to be laid around, iq Perf. ..."
6. A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament by Edward Robinson (1852)
"... (riT/iai,) pp. to lie around, to be circumspect, eg mountains ... In NT to
lie around, and also to be laid around, iq Perf. ..."
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