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Grammar : Verb
Spell : lahyd
Phonetic Transcription : laɪd



Definition of lied

Origin :
  • "German romantic song," 1852, from German Lied, literally "song," from Middle High German liet, from Old High German liod, from Proto-Germanic *leuthan (see laud). Hence Liederkranz, in reference to German singing societies, literally "garland of songs."
  • verb tell an untruth
  • verb be prostrate, flat
  • verb be situated
Example sentences :
  • The Stick was no liar, he said; it was he who had lied to them; he had let them think that this was his father's Stick.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • If it is not as you say, if you have lied to me, much as I love you, I will have you punished.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • But she had lied to him, and she had acted lies of apparent ignorance!
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I should know whether she lied or told the truth by the sound of her voice.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He could assert now, without fear of refutation, that Stryker had lied.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • What was there to ask that would not be a challenge to her to lie, as the serpent had lied?
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • And my Lizzie, my little Lizzie that's lied and deceived us, she is my child—the one we should have had.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • "She seems to have lied herself," Lady St. Craye could not help saying.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The guard treated him unfairly, lied about him to the warden, lost his credits, persecuted him.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • She had lied to him; she had been false to him in the greatest of all things; and there could be no forgiveness.
  • Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

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