lie
/laɪ/ verb [I] (present participle lying, past tense lay, past participle lain)Definition
lie in/on, etc › to be in a horizontal or flat position on a surface: to lie in bed to lie on a beach to lie on your side The pen lay on the desk. She had lain where she fell until morning.
lie below/in/on/to, etc › to be in a particular place: The river lies 30 km to the south of the city.
(Definition of lie verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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