Phrase guide

lie with

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, transitive

Examples

  • That task lies with you.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To have sex with someone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, euphemistic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

have sexual intercourse with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
  • Adam knew Eve
  • Were you ever intimate with this man?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: copulate, mate, pair, couple

Narrower terms: take, have, fornicate

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hebrew: שָׁכַב (shakháv) — to have sex
  • Latin: concumbō — to have sex
  • Latin: cubō cum — to have sex
  • Latin: iaceō cum — to have sex
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ligge med — to have sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ligge med — to have sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: liggje med — to have sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ligga med — to have sex
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: liggja med — to have sex
  • Polish: spać z — to have sex
  • Polish: przespać się z — to have sex
  • Swedish: ligga med — to have sex