false statement, falsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statement

fib, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tale, story - a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"

jactitation - (law) a false boast that can harm others; especially a false claim to be married to someone (formerly actionable at law)

whopper, walloper - a gross untruth; a blatant lie

white lie - an unimportant lie (especially one told to be tactful or polite)

diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations

position, place - the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object; "he put the lamp back in its place"

be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

nestle - lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in the forest"

intervene - be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"

top - be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; "A star tops the Christmas Tree"

mediate - occupy an intermediate or middle position or form a connecting link or stage between two others; "mediate between the old and the new"

ride - lie moored or anchored; "Ship rides at anchor"

lap - lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

focalise, focalize, localise, localize - concentrate on a particular place or spot; "The infection has localized in the left eye"

slant - lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face"

precede, predate - come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

underlie - lie underneath

cap, crest - lie at the top of; "Snow capped the mountains"

front, face, look - be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"

back - be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"

flank - be located at the sides of something or somebody

head - be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president"

overtop, command, dominate, overlook - look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

line, run along - be in line with; form a line along; "trees line the riverbank"

orient, point - be oriented; "The weather vane points North"

look across, look out on, look out over, overlook - be oriented in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"

rest, lie - have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

sun, sunbathe - expose one's body to the sun

sprawl - sit or lie with one's limbs spread out

recumb, recline, repose - lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch"

overlie - lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"

lie awake - lie without sleeping; "She was so worried, she lay awake all night long"

repose - lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

bask - be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun"

lie down, lie - assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"

inhere - be inherent in something

appertain, pertain - be a part or attribute of

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

misinform, mislead - give false or misleading information to

romance - tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"

perjure - knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury

fib - tell a relatively insignificant lie; "Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying"

be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

lie - be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

change posture - undergo a change in bodily posture

stretch out, stretch - lie down comfortably; "To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass"

charge - lie down on command, of hunting dogs

bow down, prostrate - get into a prostrate position, as in submission