Index of English words, starting with "li"

(1) - Lie (n.) The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.
(2) - Lie (adj.) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
(3) - Lie (adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
(4) - Lie (adj.) To lodge; to sleep.
(5) - Lie (adj.) To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; -- with in.
(6) - Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.
(7) - Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.
(8) - Lie (adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
(9) - Lie (v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.
(10) - Lie (n.) Anything which misleads or disappoints.
(11) - Lie (n.) A fiction; a fable; an untruth.
(12) - Lie (n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.
(13) - Lie (n.) See Lye.

(1) - Lied (n.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national.
(2) - Lied (imp. & p. p.) of Lie

(1) - Lief (adv.) Gladly; willingly; freely; -- now used only in the phrases, had as lief, and would as lief; as, I had, or would, as lief go as not.
(2) - Lief (n.) A dear one; a sweetheart.
(3) - Lief (adv.) Willing; disposed.
(4) - Lief (n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.
(5) - Lief (n.) Dear; beloved.
(6) - Lief (n.) Same as Lif.

(1) - Liege (n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
(2) - Liege (n.) A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
(3) - Liege (a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure.
(4) - Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.
(5) - Liege (a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.