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What is the verb for liar?

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lay
  1. (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
  3. (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
  4. (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
  5. (transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
  6. (transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
  7. (transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
  8. (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
  9. (law) To state; to allege.
  10. (military) To point; to aim.
  11. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
  12. (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
  13. (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
  14. To apply; to put.
  15. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
  16. To impute; to charge; to allege.
  17. To present or offer.
  18. Synonyms:
      19. place, put, set, deposit, settle, leave, plant, position, stick, rest, situate, station, stow, balance, bung, deploy, depose, dispose, dump, emplace, establish, fix, locate, bear, drop, park, plonk, pop, posit, shove, sit, repose, put down, set down, set up, fling down, throw down, let fall, put in position, set in position, plop, plunk, install, stand, prop, instal, lay down, lodge, pose, plunk down … more
  19. Examples:
      20. “Mix and lay some cement at the bottom of each hole.”
      “It may otherwise generally regulate its own procedure, but it must lay a report before Parliament.”
      “The object of the convention was to lay plans for securing the rights of suffrage.”
lie
  1. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
  2. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
  3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
  4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
  5. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
  6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  7. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. fib, fabricate, prevaricate, dissimulate, deceive, delude, falsify, mislead, bluff, exaggerate, misrepresent, con, dissemble, equivocate, hoax, hoodwink, misinform, perjure, pretend, beguile, dupe, misguide, misspeak, misstate, trick, bull, distort, forswear, fudge, gaslight, misinstruct, overdraw, palter, pervert, snow, tell a falsehood, tell an untruth, be untruthful, concoct a story, depart from the truth, stretch the truth, string along, tell a lie, tell stories, bear false witness, be economical with the truth, be forsworn, break promise, commit perjury, fake it … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “You always start fidgeting and slurring your words whenever you lie.”
      “You'd best lie here on this bed until your wounds heal.”
      “I've always got plenty of work to do, and I'd rather be getting on with that or taking the dog for a walk than lie in bed asleep.”
lie
  1. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
  2. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
  3. (intransitive) To succeed or excel at lying; lie successfully; show one's expertise or mastery in the art of lying.
  4. (intransitive, colloquial) To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. fib, fabricate, prevaricate, dissimulate, deceive, delude, falsify, mislead, bluff, exaggerate, misrepresent, con, dissemble, equivocate, hoax, hoodwink, misinform, perjure, pretend, beguile, dupe, misguide, misspeak, misstate, trick, bull, distort, forswear, fudge, gaslight, misinstruct, overdraw, palter, pervert, snow, tell a falsehood, tell an untruth, be untruthful, concoct a story, depart from the truth, stretch the truth, string along, tell a lie, tell stories, bear false witness, be economical with the truth, be forsworn, break promise, commit perjury, fake it … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “You always start fidgeting and slurring your words whenever you lie.”
      “You'd best lie here on this bed until your wounds heal.”
      “I've always got plenty of work to do, and I'd rather be getting on with that or taking the dog for a walk than lie in bed asleep.”
lay
  1. simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
  2. (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
  3. Synonyms:
      4. place, put, set, deposit, settle, leave, plant, position, stick, rest, situate, station, stow, balance, bung, deploy, depose, dispose, dump, emplace, establish, fix, locate, bear, drop, park, plonk, pop, posit, shove, sit, repose, put down, set down, set up, fling down, throw down, let fall, put in position, set in position, plop, plunk, install, stand, prop, instal, lay down, lodge, pose, plunk down … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Mix and lay some cement at the bottom of each hole.”
      “It may otherwise generally regulate its own procedure, but it must lay a report before Parliament.”
      “The object of the convention was to lay plans for securing the rights of suffrage.”
layer
  1. (transitive) to cut or divide (something) into layers
  2. (transitive) to arrange (something) in layers.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. surface, resurface, overlay, cover, veneer, coat, face, skim, glaze, pave, laminate, plate, electroplate, gild, galvanize, encrust, anodize, platinize, galvanise, sheet, foil, protect, zinc, finish, nickel, enamel, tin, shield, scale, chrome, bronze, silver, foliate, seal, overlayer, enclose, blanket, overspread, overlie, carpet, mantle, eclipse, canopy, film, submerge, extend over, varnish, smear, spread, daub … more
lying
  1. present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fibbing, fabricating, prevaricating, dissimulating, deceiving, deluding, falsifying, misleading, bluffing, exaggerating, misrepresenting, conning, dissembling, equivocating, hoaxing, hoodwinking, misinforming, perjuring, pretending, beguiling, duping, misguiding, misspeaking, misstating, tricking, bulling, distorting, forswearing, fudging, gaslighting, misinstructing, overdrawing, paltering, perverting, snowing, telling a falsehood, telling an untruth, concocting a story, departing from the truth, stretching the truth, stringing along, telling a lie, telling stories, bearing false witness, breaking promise, committing perjury, faking it, forswearing oneself, having on, making up a story … more
lay
  1. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. place, put, set, deposit, settle, leave, plant, position, stick, rest, situate, station, stow, balance, bung, deploy, depose, dispose, dump, emplace, establish, fix, locate, bear, drop, park, plonk, pop, posit, shove, sit, repose, put down, set down, set up, fling down, throw down, let fall, put in position, set in position, plop, plunk, install, stand, prop, instal, lay down, lodge, pose, plunk down … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Mix and lay some cement at the bottom of each hole.”
      “It may otherwise generally regulate its own procedure, but it must lay a report before Parliament.”
      “The object of the convention was to lay plans for securing the rights of suffrage.”
lying
  1. present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fibbing, fabricating, prevaricating, dissimulating, deceiving, deluding, falsifying, misleading, bluffing, exaggerating, misrepresenting, conning, dissembling, equivocating, hoaxing, hoodwinking, misinforming, perjuring, pretending, beguiling, duping, misguiding, misspeaking, misstating, tricking, bulling, distorting, forswearing, fudging, gaslighting, misinstructing, overdrawing, paltering, perverting, snowing, telling a falsehood, telling an untruth, concocting a story, departing from the truth, stretching the truth, stringing along, telling a lie, telling stories, bearing false witness, breaking promise, committing perjury, faking it, forswearing oneself, having on, making up a story … more
lain
  1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
  2. Examples:
      3. “I have tilled my vegetable patch and lain peas, runner beans, sweetcorn and broad beans in its furrows.”
      “The maltster, after having lain down in his clothes for a few hours, was now sitting beside a three-legged table.”
      “For 170 years Ballina's Augustinian Abbey has lain derelict and inconspicuous at the bottom of Ardnaree near St Muredach's Cathedral.”
lies
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lie
  2. Synonyms:
      3. is, remains, stays, abides, endures, lingers, lives, resides, rests, waits, bides, dwells, hangs, hovers, inhabits, lodges, persists, prevails, continues, holds, hangs about, hangs out, hangs round, holds on, sits tight, stays on, hangs around, stays over, stays put, sticks around, hangs on, waits around, holds the fort, are, sits, reposes, lasts, tarries, keeps up, perdures, holds up, runs on, exists, survives, carries on, squats, roosts, keeps on, nests, goes on … more
lain
  1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14th-19th c.]
  2. Examples:
      3. “I have tilled my vegetable patch and lain peas, runner beans, sweetcorn and broad beans in its furrows.”
      “The maltster, after having lain down in his clothes for a few hours, was now sitting beside a three-legged table.”
      “For 170 years Ballina's Augustinian Abbey has lain derelict and inconspicuous at the bottom of Ardnaree near St Muredach's Cathedral.”
layered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of layer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. surfaced, resurfaced, overlaid, overlayed, overlay, covered, veneered, coated, faced, skimmed, glazed, paved, laminated, plated, electroplated, gilded, gilt, galvanized, encrusted, anodized, platinized, galvanised, overspread, sheeted, foiled, protected, zinked, zinced, blanketed, carpeted, enclosed, foliated, sealed, nickeled, finished, eclipsed, mantled, enameled, enamelled, canopied, submerged, filmed, tinned, scaled, chromed, shielded, silvered, bronzed, extended over, overlain … more
laid
  1. simple past tense and past participle of lay
  2. Synonyms:
      3. took, exacted, extracted, imposed, levied, claimed, demanded, inflicted, introduced, placed, forced, put, set, wreaked, wrought, foisted, charged, assessed, fined, putten, instituted, required, taxed, collected, slapped, gathered, put on, employed, obliged, subjected, made, applied, induced, enforced, constrained, invoiced, billed, enacted, fixed, fixt, established, decreed, ordained, priced, asked, consigned, assigned, promulgated, committed, expected … more
lied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of lie
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fibbed, fabricated, prevaricated, dissimulated, deceived, deluded, falsified, misled, bluffed, exaggerated, misrepresented, conned, dissembled, equivocated, hoaxed, hoodwinked, misinformed, perjured, pretended, beguiled, duped, misguided, misspoke, misspoken, misstated, tricked, bulled, distorted, forswore, forsworn, fudged, gaslighted, gaslit, misinstructed, overdrew, overdrawn, paltered, perverted, snowed, snew, snown, told a falsehood, told an untruth, concocted a story, departed from the truth, stretched the truth, strung along, told a lie, told stories, beared false witness … more
layerize
  1. (transitive) To split or separate into layers.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Now, what I propose is that we immediately proceed to layerize the existent trade routes in depth.”
layering
  1. present participle of layer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. surfacing, resurfacing, overlaying, covering, veneering, coating, facing, skimming, glazing, paving, laminating, plating, electroplating, gilding, galvanizing, encrusting, anodizing, platinizing, galvanising, sheeting, foiling, protecting, zinking, zincing, finishing, nickeling, enamelling, enameling, tinning, foliating, sealing, enclosing, chroming, scaling, silvering, shielding, bronzing, blanketing, overspreading, carpeting, overlying, eclipsing, mantling, filming, canopying, submerging, extending over, painting, smearing … more
lye
  1. Obsolete spelling of lie
laye
  1. Obsolete spelling of lay
  2. Examples:
      3. “Aftir that, my seid lord retournyng to the campe, wold in nowise bee lodged in the same, but where he laye the furst nyght.”
      “And so the moost party of the castel that was falle doune thorugh that dolorous stroke laye vpon Pellam and balyn thre dayes.”
      “Ryan Laye said at the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.”
layest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of lay
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of lie
layerizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of layerize
layers
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of layer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. surfaces, resurfaces, overlays, covers, veneers, coats, faces, skims, glazes, paves, laminates, plates, electroplates, gilds, galvanizes, encrusts, anodizes, platinizes, galvanises, sheets, foils, protects, zincs, nickels, finishes, enamels, tins, chromes, silvers, bronzes, shields, scales, seals, foliates, encloses, blankets, overspreads, carpets, overlies, mantles, eclipses, canopies, films, submerges, extends over, paints, smears, daubs … more
lains
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lain
lays
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay
  2. Synonyms:
      3. places, puts, sets, deposits, settles, leaves, plants, positions, sticks, rests, situates, stations, stows, balances, bungs, deploys, deposes, disposes, dumps, emplaces, establishes, fixes, locates, bears, drops, parks, plonks, pops, posits, shoves, sits, reposes, puts down, sets down, sets up, flings down, throws down, lets fall, puts in position, sets in position, plops, plunks, installs, stands, props, instals, lays down, lodges, poses, arranges … more
lieth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of lie
  2. Examples:
      3. “What know I of the wonders of Cipango, since Candia lieth in an opposite course?”
      “In that quarter lieth the sacred and auspicious river Godavari, full of water abounding in groves and frequented by ascetics.”
      “He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.”
lyeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of lye
layeth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay
  2. Examples:
      3. “The sword of him that layeth at them cannot hold the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.”
      “The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat of the discloseth them.”
      “She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.”
layerized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of layerize
liest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of lie
  2. Examples:
      3. “S'fut, thou liest in thy throte, thou knewst me as well as my selfe.”
lyest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of lye
lained
  1. simple past tense and past participle of lain
laidest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of lay
layedst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of lay
layed
  1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of lay
  2. Examples:
      3. “Objectively, when criminal charges are layed, a guilty plea entered or a guilty verdict reached, there are grounds for revocation or refusal.”
      “This woman layed, peaceful, quiet and full of energy is capable of all the overflowing.”
      “To achieve the best corkage we ensure that our wines are stored upright for 24 hours prior to being layed.”
layerizing
  1. present participle of layerize
laining
  1. present participle of lain
layd
  1. Obsolete spelling of laid
laying
  1. present participle of lay
  2. Synonyms:
      3. placing, putting, setting, depositing, settling, leaving, planting, positioning, sticking, resting, situating, stationing, stowing, balancing, bunging, deploying, deposing, disposing, dumping, emplacing, establishing, fixing, locating, bearing, dropping, parking, plonking, popping, positing, shoving, sitting, reposing, putting down, setting down, setting up, flinging down, throwing down, letting fall, putting in position, setting in position, installing, plopping, plunking, standing, propping, laying down, lodging, posing, arranging, plunking down … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Frustrated Geoff, who is relying on his fish and chip trade to keep his country pub afloat, is laying down the gauntlet to real ale drinkers.”
      “The reform measures are still at the consultative stage, but the University hopes to issue a White Paper laying out its plans later in the year.”
      “Leo made the raspberry like sound at Helen's back and when she turned around to look at him, he was laying on Rose's lap purring.”
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