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Synonyms for lying down
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : lahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : laɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for lying down Other synonyms for the word lying down
- asleep
- at ease
- at rest
- back down
- be at ease
- be casualty
- be comfortable
- be destroyed
- be killed
- be lost
- be prone
- be recumbent
- be supine
- be taken
- bed
- bend
- breathe easy
- calm down
- capitulate
- catch one's breath
- catch some z's
- chill out
- collect oneself
- comfortable
- compose oneself
- cool off
- couch
- crashed
- defer to
- deposit
- doze
- dozing
- dream
- dreaming
- drowse
- drowsing
- ease off
- ease up
- eat dirt
- fall to pieces
- feel at home
- flop
- give in
- give way
- go to bed
- go to sleep
- go under
- hang loose
- hit the hay
- hit the sack
- idle
- knock off
- lay down
- laze
- let down
- let oneself go
- let up
- lie
- lie by
- lie still
- loaf
- loll
- loosen up
- lounge
- lounging
- lying down
- make oneself at home
- mellow out
- nap
- napping
- nod
- obey
- pass into enemy hands
- perish
- pile in
- place
- put feet up
- put one's feet up
- quiet
- recessing
- reclining
- refresh oneself
- relaxing
- repose
- reposing
- resign
- rest
- retire
- roll in
- settle
- settle back
- settle down
- siesta
- simmer down
- sit around
- sit back
- sit down
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slant
- sleep
- sleeping
- slumber
- slump
- snooze
- snoozing
- soften
- spell
- sprawl
- stop work
- stretch
- stretch out
- stretched out
- submit
- succumb
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a load off
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take time out
- taking a break
- taking it easy
- tilt
- tranquilize
- turn in
- unbend
- unlax
- unwind
- unwinding
- wind down
- yield
Définition of lying down
Origin :- "manner of lying," 1690s, from lie (v.2). Sense in golf is from 1857.
- As in resting : adj taking rest
- As in kick back : verb relax
- As in lie : verb be prostrate, flat
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in repose : verb relax; recline
- As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
- As in turn in : verb go to bed
- As in fall : verb be overthrown by an enemy; surrender
- I asked him to crawl aft, out of the water; which he did, lying down in the stern-sheets.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- He could not help me, however, lying down in the bottom of the boat, the instant he was able.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Lying down on the stone of the wall that supports the iron railings.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Got a bad fall and when I come to I was lying down the hill against some greasewood.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- But ought you to have got up—I thought you were ill in bed; oughtn't you to be lying down?
- Extract from : « Joy (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- Lying down off there to the right, almost near enough to be seen.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- The latter was lying down in his works, the former behind a tree.
- Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
- Whilst the men were lying down, my duties kept me on my feet.
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- Brown was sitting up over a tiny fire; all the others were lying down.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- I saw his eyes as he looked at you, lying down there on the brink.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
Antonyms for lying down
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