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lie down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. lie down, lieverb

    assume a reclining position

    "lie down on the bed until you feel better"

Wiktionary

  1. lie downverb

    to assume a reclining position

  2. lie downverb

    to be lazy or remiss

Wikipedia

  1. lie down

    Lying – also called recumbency, prostration, or decubitus in medicine (from Latin decumbo 'to lie down') – is a type of human position in which the body is more or less horizontal and supported along its length by the surface underneath. Lying is the most common position while being immobilized (e.g. in bedrest), while sleeping, or while being struck by injury or disease.

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  1. lie down

    Lie down generally refers to the act of moving from a standing or sitting position to a flat, reclining, or prone position. It often implies rest, relaxation or the intent to sleep, but can also be used in various contexts such as medical examination or doing certain exercises.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lie down in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lie down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of lie down in a Sentence

  1. Woody Allen:

    The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

  2. Farrah Marx in 2012:

    I did a little research on training deaf dogs, but for the most part it was her trust in me and our relationship that made everything work out smoothly, we use hand signals— we have one for ‘Good job’ so that she is always validated when she does something good, ‘no’ or ‘stop that,’ ‘sit,’ ‘stay,’ ‘lie down’ and ‘shake hands.’.

  3. Paul Lavery:

    We got Paul Lavery five years ago and we just fell in love with him at first sight and brought him home. For us, we didnt know he knew any tricks, we tried teaching him to sit, lie down, roll over and he wasnt interested, when he was about two years old I sat a chicken toy on his head and he just sat there looking at it really still, Paul Lavery claimed.

  4. Susan Lucci:

    Erica was so much fun to play, i used to say to [creator] Agnes [Nixon], ‘Don’t you think Erica needs to lie down sometimes? Don’t you think she’s exhausted a little bit?’ Because she was very active. She had a lot of husbands and a lot of shenanigans going on, but such a wonderful part.

  5. Farrah Marx in 2012:

    We use hand signals— we have one for ‘Good job’ so that she is always validated when she does something good, ‘no’ or ‘stop that,’ ‘sit,’ ‘stay,’ ‘lie down’ and ‘shake hands.’.


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