Phrase guide

lie down

verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To assume a horizontal position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Lie down on the bed until you feel better.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: get up

2

verb

Meaning 2

To assume a horizontal position.

A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: imperative, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: get up

3

verb

Meaning 3

To be lazy or remiss.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To submit passively.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • I'm not going to lie down and take this!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To have sexual intercourse (with).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

assume a reclining position

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • lie down on the bed until you feel better

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lie

Antonyms: arise

Broader terms: change posture

Narrower terms: stretch, stretch out, charge, prostrate, bow down

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

146 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abaga: bed̶ao — assume a horizontal position
  • Akkadian: niālum — assume a horizontal position
  • Albanian: shtrihem — assume a horizontal position
  • Arabic: اِسْتَلْقَى (istalqā) — assume a horizontal position
  • Arabic: اِضْطَجَعَ (iḍṭajaʕa) — assume a horizontal position
  • Arabic: انسدح (insidaḥ) — assume a horizontal position
  • Armenian: պառկել (paṙkel) — assume a horizontal position
  • Azerbaijani: yatmaq — assume a horizontal position
  • Bashkir: ятыу (yatıw) — assume a horizontal position
  • Belarusian: кла́сціся (kláscisja) — assume a horizontal position
  • Belarusian: легчы́ (ljehčý) — assume a horizontal position
  • Bengali: শুয়ে পড়া (śuẏe poṛa) — assume a horizontal position
  • Bhojpuri: लेटल (lēṭal) — assume a horizontal position
  • Central Bikol: higda — assume a horizontal position
  • Bulgarian: ля́гам си (ljágam si) — assume a horizontal position
  • Bulgarian: ле́гна си (légna si) — assume a horizontal position
  • Catalan: ajeure's — assume a horizontal position
  • Catalan: ajaure's — assume a horizontal position
  • Catalan: gitar — assume a horizontal position
  • Chechen: вижа (viža) — assume a horizontal position
  • Chinese Cantonese: 瞓低 /𰥛低 (fan3 dai1) — assume a horizontal position
  • Chinese: 倒 (zh-min-nan) — assume a horizontal position
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偃 (yǎn) — assume a horizontal position
  • Chinese Mandarin: 躺下 (tǎngxià) — assume a horizontal position
  • Chinese Mandarin: 躺 (tǎng) — assume a horizontal position
  • Chuvash: вырт (vyrt) — assume a horizontal position
  • Czech: lehat si — assume a horizontal position
  • Czech: lehnout si — assume a horizontal position
  • Danish: lægge sig — assume a horizontal position
  • Dutch: gaan liggen — assume a horizontal position
  • Dutch: neerliggen — assume a horizontal position
  • Esperanto: sterni — assume a horizontal position
  • Esperanto: kuŝiĝi — assume a horizontal position
  • Estonian: pikali olema — assume a horizontal position
  • Faliscan: cupo — assume a horizontal position
  • Faliscan: leco — assume a horizontal position
  • Finnish: mennä maata — assume a horizontal position
  • Finnish: mennä makuulle — assume a horizontal position
  • Finnish: käydä pitkälleen — assume a horizontal position
  • Finnish: käydä pitkäkseen — assume a horizontal position
  • French: s'étendre — assume a horizontal position
  • French: se coucher — assume a horizontal position
  • French: s'allonger — assume a horizontal position
  • Galician: deitarse — assume a horizontal position
  • Georgian: დაწოლა (dac̣ola) — assume a horizontal position
  • German: sich legen — assume a horizontal position
  • German: liegen — assume a horizontal position
  • German: niederlegen — assume a horizontal position
  • German: sich hinlegen — assume a horizontal position
  • Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan) — assume a horizontal position
  • Greek: ξαπλώνω (xaplóno) — assume a horizontal position
  • Ancient Greek: κεῖμαι (keîmai) — assume a horizontal position
  • Hebrew: שָׁכַב (shakháv) — assume a horizontal position
  • Hindi: लेटना (leṭnā) — assume a horizontal position
  • Hungarian: fekszik — assume a horizontal position
  • Hungarian: lefekszik — assume a horizontal position
  • Icelandic: leggjast niður — assume a horizontal position
  • Icelandic: leggjast — assume a horizontal position
  • Indonesian: berbaring — assume a horizontal position
  • Ingrian: loottiissa — assume a horizontal position
  • Ingush: вижа (viža) — assume a horizontal position
  • Italian: sdraiarsi — assume a horizontal position
  • Italian: distendersi — assume a horizontal position
  • Italian: coricarsi — assume a horizontal position
  • Japanese: 横になる (yoko ni naru) — assume a horizontal position
  • Japanese: 臥す (fusu) — assume a horizontal position
  • Japanese: 身を伏せる (mi o fuseru) — assume a horizontal position
  • Japanese: 俯せる (utsubuseru) — assume a horizontal position
  • Jarai: đih — assume a horizontal position
  • Javanese: glèthak — assume a horizontal position
  • Kaitag: чибигъа́ра (čibiɣára) — assume a horizontal position
  • Kaitag: кабилса́на (kabilsána) — assume a horizontal position
  • Kashubian: leżec — assume a horizontal position
  • Kazakh: жату (jatu) — assume a horizontal position
  • Khmer: ទំរេត (tumreit) — assume a horizontal position
  • Khmer: ដេក (deek) — assume a horizontal position
  • Korean: 눕다 (nupda) — assume a horizontal position
  • Kyrgyz: жатуу (jatuu) — assume a horizontal position
  • Ladin: se ponder — assume a horizontal position
  • Lao: ນອນ (nǭn) — assume a horizontal position
  • Latin: cubō — assume a horizontal position
  • Latin: dēcumbō — assume a horizontal position
  • Latin: recumbō — assume a horizontal position
  • Latin: iaceō — assume a horizontal position
  • Latvian: nogulties — assume a horizontal position
  • Lithuanian: atsigulti — assume a horizontal position
  • : ᦓᦸᧃ (noan) — assume a horizontal position
  • Macedonian: легнува (legnuva) — assume a horizontal position
  • Macedonian: легне (legne) — assume a horizontal position
  • Malay: baring — assume a horizontal position
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: hizega — assume a horizontal position
  • Mongolian: хэвтэх (xevtex) — assume a horizontal position
  • Nepali: पल्टिनु (palṭinu) — assume a horizontal position
  • Norwegian Bokmål: legge seg — assume a horizontal position
  • Ojibwe: gawishimon — assume a horizontal position
  • Old English: liċġan — assume a horizontal position
  • Persian: خوابیدن (xâbidan) — assume a horizontal position
  • Persian: لمیدن (lamidan) — assume a horizontal position
  • Persian: دراز کشیدن (derâz kešidan) — assume a horizontal position
  • Polish: kłaść się — assume a horizontal position
  • Polish: położyć się — assume a horizontal position
  • Portuguese: deitar-se — assume a horizontal position
  • Pumpokol: ak — assume a horizontal position
  • Quechua: siriy — assume a horizontal position
  • Rapa Nui: moe — assume a horizontal position
  • Romanian: a se culca — assume a horizontal position
  • Romansh: s'extender — assume a horizontal position
  • Russian: ложи́ться (ložítʹsja) — assume a horizontal position
  • Russian: лечь (lečʹ) — assume a horizontal position
  • Scottish Gaelic: laigh — assume a horizontal position
  • Serbo-Croatian: лȅћи — assume a horizontal position
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȅći — assume a horizontal position
  • Slovak: ľahnúť si — assume a horizontal position
  • Slovene: léči — assume a horizontal position
  • Lower Sorbian: połožowaś se — assume a horizontal position
  • Lower Sorbian: połožyś se — assume a horizontal position
  • Spanish: echarse — assume a horizontal position
  • Spanish: tenderse — assume a horizontal position
  • Spanish: acostarse — assume a horizontal position
  • Spanish: yacer — assume a horizontal position
  • Sranan Tongo: didon — assume a horizontal position
  • Swahili: lala chini — assume a horizontal position
  • Swedish: lägga sig — assume a horizontal position
  • Tagalog: higa — assume a horizontal position
  • Tajik: хобидан (xobidan) — assume a horizontal position
  • Tamil: படு (paṭu) — assume a horizontal position
  • Tatar: ятарга (yatarğa) — assume a horizontal position
  • Thai: นอน (nɔɔn) — assume a horizontal position
  • Tocharian B: lyäk- — assume a horizontal position
  • Tooro: -byama — assume a horizontal position
  • Turkish: yatmak — assume a horizontal position
  • Turkmen: ýatmak — assume a horizontal position
  • Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎋𐎁 (škb) — assume a horizontal position
  • Ukrainian: ляга́ти (ljaháty) — assume a horizontal position
  • Ukrainian: лягти́ (ljahtý) — assume a horizontal position
  • Urdu: لیٹنا (leṭnā) — assume a horizontal position
  • Uyghur: ياتماق (yatmaq) — assume a horizontal position
  • Uzbek: yotmoq — assume a horizontal position
  • Vietnamese: nằm xuống — assume a horizontal position
  • Vietnamese: nằm ngả — assume a horizontal position
  • Vietnamese: ngả lưng — assume a horizontal position
  • Vietnamese: nằm ngửa — assume a horizontal position
  • Waray-Waray: higda — assume a horizontal position
  • Welsh: gorwedd — assume a horizontal position
  • Yurok: 'ooleenek' — assume a horizontal position
  • Zazaki: kewten — assume a horizontal position