lie-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: be or become situated, often in a horizontal position

Commentary:
NOTE: May be metaphorical.

Examples:
Your book is lying on the hall table.
They see nothing lying in the path of a successful IPO for their firm.
He likes to lie on the sofa and drink a scotch after work.
As you lie still, the scanner parts revolve around you.
John decided to lie on the floor because he was dizzy.
All he does is lie around!
Sometimes I lay awake at night and wonder.
Gardai lay in wait to trap post office raiders.
Your problem lies with these clogged fuel lines.
The decision of whether or not to bomb the nuclear plant lies with the president.
Its danger lies in its strident assertions of falsehoods.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength.
Volcanos can lie dormant for thousands of years.
John wetted his hair to make it lie flat.
That island lies due west of Panama.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Here lies Billy Brown, lost at sea and never found.

Mappings:
VerbNet: assuming_position-50,spatial_configuration-47.6
FrameNet: Being_located,Posture,Change_posture
PropBank: lie.01,lie.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
lie_awake 1
lie_in_wait 1
lie_in 1
lie_about 1
lie_down 1
lie_dormant 1
lie_around 1
lie_low 1

Sense Number 2: tell a falsehood or untruth

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] LIE (PP{TO NP[recipient]})

Examples:
The corporate officers may have lied under oath.
Don't lie to me.
Mary thinks the papers lie about certain current events.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Prevarication
PropBank: lie.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 3: be in confinement for childbirth

Commentary: Includes: LIE IN

Examples:

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
lie_in 2

Sense Number 4: have sex, have intercourse

Commentary: Includes: LIE WITH

Examples:
He lay with women of every class, from rich to poor, and sired many children.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
lie_with 1