lie(3) (iou) and croupous (medicine)

lie(3) (iou)

lie verb1. , infl. -gg-. See also LIG.

I. verb intrans.
Of a person or animal: have the body in a more or less horizontal position along the ground, a surface, etc. Freq. with compl. expr. condition. OE.
Scott Fitzgerald A stretcher on which lies a drunken woman. Day Lewis The long white forenoons of childhood, as I lay ill or convalescent. G. Greene The boy lay asleep..in his teak bunk.
b. Orig., be dead. Later, (of a dead body) be extended on a bier etc.; be buried (in a specified place). OE.
J. Betjeman Beneath the Abbey bells...Here, where England's statesmen lie.
c. Lie sick, stay in bed through illness etc. ME-L16.
d. Be in bed for the purpose of sleeping or resting. ME.
e. Have sexual intercourse with. arch. ME.
P. O'Brian Woman, wilt thou lie with me?
Be or remain in a specified state of subjection, misery, captivity, etc.; be kept in prison. OE.
Ld Macaulay The defendant..was lying in prison as a debtor.
Take a recumbent or prostrate position (chiefly with adverbs: see below). Formerly also, lean or hang over (a wall). ME.
B. Bainbridge He..went upstairs to lie on the couch.
a. Reside, stay; esp. sleep or pass the night (in a place), lodge temporarily. arch. ME.
Goldsmith He was to lie that night at a neighbour's.
b. spec. Of troops etc.: be encamped at, in, near, a place; have or take up a position. ME.
T. Fairfax At Wakefield..lay three thousand of the enemy.
c. Live under specified circumstances or engaged in some specified occupation. (Foll. by at, about.) M16-E18.
Be or remain in a state of inactivity or concealment. Freq. with compl. (adjective or pa. pple). ME.
lie close, lie doggo, lie low, lie perdu, etc.
Dickens Do you mean to..let me lie here till this hunt is over?
b. Of a game-bird: not rise. L18.
a. Foll. by at, on: importune, urge. M16-M18.
b. Foll. by on: oppress, harass. L16-L17.
c. Apply oneself vigorously and steadily to (also foll. by at). L16.
II. verb intrans.
Of land, landed possessions: appertain to. OE-E17.
Be situated (in space), have a (specified) position, (of an event, experience, etc.) be disposed in time. Freq. with adjective or adverbial compl. LOE.
G. Greene I am not to this day absolutely sure of where..Jones's Home lay. A. MacLean A small village lay at the head of the lake.
b. Of a road, a course of Travel, etc.: extend, have a (specified) direction; lead through, by, along, among, etc. LOE.
Carlyle Our course lay along the Valley of the Rhone.
c. Of the wind: remain in a specified quarter. E17.
d. Be spread out or extended to the view; (of a period of time, a sequence of events, etc.) extend back into the past or forward into the future. M18.
J. Payn What a future seemed to lie before him!
e. Of a competitor in a race: occupy a specified ordinal position. M20.
D. Francis He took the first half mile without apparent effort, lying about sixth.
Nautical.
a. Of a ship: float in a berth or at anchor. LOE.
J. Conrad The English ship..was lying in Hyeres Roads.
b. Steer in a (specified) direction. L16.
Of a material thing: be placed usu. more or less horizontally on the ground or Other surface; (of a building etc.) be overthrown or fallen. ME.
J. Steinbeck Boxes of lettuce lay on her porch. I. Murdoch We tilted the cage until it lay entirely upon its side.
b. Be deposited, remain permanently in a specified place. LME.
c. Of snow: settle and remain unmelted on the ground etc. L17.
Times North London had its heaviest snowfall of the winter..but the snow did not lie.
Remain unworked, unused, untouched, or undiscovered. Freq. foll. by compl. ME.
lie fallow, lie idle, lie waste, etc.
Gladstone Rarely within the living memory has so much skill lain barren.
Of an abstract thing: exist, be found, reside, be arranged or related, in some specified position or order. ME.
G. M. Trevelyan His strongest appeal lay in the strength, Beauty and accuracy of his pictures of Nature. C. Hill There could no longer be any doubt where real power lay.
b. Belong or pertain to a person (to do); pertain to a thing. ME-M17.
c. Rest or be imposed as a charge, obligation, etc., on a person; be incumbent on; weigh on (one's mind etc.). ME.
Defoe These Things..lay upon my Mind. Castlereagh It lay upon them to offer terms to us.
d. Be set at stake; hang or depend on a doubtful issue etc. Long rare. L16.
Shakespeare All's Well He persists As if his life lay on't.
e. Of thoughts, inclinations, activities, etc.: have a specified direction. M17-E19.
Chiefly Law. Of an action, charge, claim, etc.: be admissible or sustainable. ME.
A. Crump In which case no action for damages would lie.
Of the wind etc.: be or become still, subside. Long obsolete exc. dial. L17.
III. verb trans.
Cause to lie, lay. Now rare. OE.
b. Nautical. Lay (a course). L16.
Phrases: here lies our way, here lies your way: see WAY noun. how the wind lies: see WIND noun1. let sleeping dogs lie: see DOG noun. lie heavy on be a weight on (one's stomach or conscience). lie in one's way: see WAY noun. lie in ruins, lie in the dust be overthrown or fallen (lit. & fig.). lie in state: see STATE noun. lie in the bed one has made: see BED noun. lie in the dust: see lie in ruins above. lie in wed: see WED noun 2. lie like a log: see LOG noun1. lie on the stomach: see STOMACH noun. lie on the table: see TABLE noun. lie to wed: see WED noun 2. lie upon the wager: see WAGER noun 3. there lies your way: see WAY noun.
With adverbs in specialized senses: lie about lie here and there; be left carelessly out of place or in disorder. lie ahead be going to happen, be in store. lie along (a) be prostrate at full length, lie outstretched on the ground (arch.); extend along a surface; (b) Nautical (of a ship) lean to one side under the pressure of a wind abeam. lie around = lie about above. lie back lean backwards against some support; recline so as to rest; lie back and enjoy it (iron.), relax and accept the inevitable. lie by (a) have a concubine; (b) Nautical = lie to below; also, arrange the sails of a ship during a gale so that heavy seas do not break aboard; (c) remain unused, be laid up in store; (d) keep quiet or retired; remain inactive, rest. lie down (a) assume a lying position; have a brief rest in or on a bed etc.; fig. give up, be remiss or lazy; take lying down, receive (a beating, defeat, etc.) in an abject manner, without resistance or protest (chiefly in neg. contexts); lie down and die, give up completely; lie down under, accept without protest; (b) be brought to bed of a child. lie in (a) be brought to bed in Childbirth (of a child); (b) amount to, cost, (a certain sum); (c) colloq. lie in bed in the morning after one's usual time for getting up. lie off Nautical (of a ship) stand some distance away from the shore or another ship. lie over (a) be held over or deferred to a future occasion; (b) US break one's journey; stop. lie to Nautical (of a ship) come almost to a stop with its head near the wind by backing or shortening sail. lie up (a) go into or be in hiding; take to one's bed or remain in one's room through illness; (of a ship) go into dock or be out of commission; (b) Nautical lay or shape one's course.
With prepositions in specialized senses: lie in (a) rest or centre in; depend on; be in the power of (to do); as far as in me lies etc., to the best of my etc. power; (b) consist in, have its ground or basis in; (c) be contained or comprised in (a specified room or compass). lie under be subject to (some disadvantage or obligation); lie under sentence of death, be condemned to death. lie with be the office or province of a person to do something; (see also sense 1e above).
Comb.: lie-abed arch. a person who lies in bed; a late riser; a sluggard; lie-about an idle person, a layabout; lie-by (a) a neutral; (b) (now dial.) a concubine, a mistress. (See also combs. of LIE noun2.)
lier noun M16.

croupous (medicine)

croupous

Relating to croup; marked by a fibrinous exudation.

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