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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lie \Lie\, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac]"[e^]n), Obs.); p. pr & vb n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja Sw ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan, Russ. lejate, L. lectus bed, Gr le`chos bed, le`xasqai to lie. Cf {Lair}, {Law}, {Lay}, v. t., {Litter}, {Low}, adj.] 1. 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. The watchful traveler . . . Lay down again and closed his weary eyes. --Dryden. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place to consist; -- with in Envy lies between beings equal in nature, though unequal in circumstances. --Collier. He that thinks that diversion may not lie in hard labor, forgets the early rising and hard riding of huntsmen. --Locke. 5. To lodge; to sleep. Whiles I was now trifling at home, I saw London, . . . where I lay one night only. --Evelyn. Mr Quinion lay at our house that night. --Dickens. 6. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest. The wind is loud and will not lie. --Shak. 7. (Law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained. ``An appeal lies in this case.'' --Parsons. Note: Through ignorance or carelessness speakers and writers often confuse the forms of the two distinct verbs lay and lie. Lay is a transitive verb and has for its preterit laid; as he told me to lay it down and I laid it down Lie is intransitive, and has for its preterit lay; as he told me to lie down and I lay down Some persons blunder by using laid for the preterit of lie; as he told me to lie down and I laid down So persons often say incorrectly, the ship laid at anchor; they laid by during the storm; the book was laying on the shelf, etc It is only necessary to remember, in all such cases, that laid is the preterit of lay, and not of lie. {To lie along the shore} (Naut.), to coast, keeping land in sight. {To lie at the door of}, to be imputable to as the sin, blame, etc., lies at your door. {To lie at the heart}, to be an object of affection, desire, or anxiety. --Sir W. Temple. {To lie at the mercy of}, to be in the power of {To lie by}. a To remain with to be at hand; as he has the manuscript lying by him b To rest; to intermit labor; as we lay by during the heat of the day {To lie hard} or {heavy}, to press or weigh; to bear hard. {To lie in}, to be in childbed; to bring forth young. {To lie in one}, to be in the power of to belong to ``As much as lieth in you live peaceably with all men.'' --Rom. xii. 18. {To lie in the way}, to be an obstacle or impediment. {To lie in wait}, to wait in concealment; to lie in ambush. {To lie on} or {upon}. a To depend on as his life lies on the result. b To bear, rest, press, or weigh on {To lie low}, to remain in concealment or inactive. [Slang] {To lie on hand}, {To lie on one's hands}, to remain unsold or unused; as the goods are still lying on his hands; they have too much time lying on their hands. {To lie on the head of}, to be imputed to What he gets more of her than sharp words let it lie on my head. --Shak. {To lie over}. a To remain unpaid after the time when payment is due, as a note in bank. b To be deferred to some future occasion, as a resolution in a public deliberative body. {To lie to} (Naut.), to stop or delay; especially, to head as near the wind as possible as being the position of greatest safety in a gale; -- said of a ship. Cf {To bring to}, under {Bring}. {To lie under}, to be subject to to suffer; to be oppressed by {To lie with}. a To lodge or sleep with b To have sexual intercourse with c To belong to as it lies with you to make amends. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heavy \Heav"y\, a. Having the heaves. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE. hevi, AS hefig fr hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig hevig Icel. h["o]figr, h["o]fugr. See {Heave}.] 1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as a heavy stone; hence sometimes large in extent, quantity, or effects; as a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as a heavy barrier; also difficult to move as a heavy draught. 2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence grievous, afflictive; as heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news etc The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. --1 Sam. v. 6. The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make --Shak. Sent hither to impart the heavy news --Wordsworth. Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. --Shak. 3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down either with an actual burden, or with care grief, pain, disappointment. The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were --Chapman. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak. 4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as a heavy gait, looks manners, style, and the like a heavy writer or book. Whilst the heavy plowman snores. --Shak. Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. --Dryden. Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. --Is. lix. 1. 5. Strong; violent; forcible; as a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like 6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as heavy thunder. But hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more --Byron. 7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky. 8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as a heavy road, soil, and the like 9. Not raised or made light; as heavy bread. 10. Not agreeable to or suitable for the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food. 11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors. 12. With child; pregnant. [R.] {Heavy artillery}. (Mil.) a Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. b Troops which serve heavy guns. {Heavy cavalry}. See under {Cavalry}. {Heavy fire} (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. {Heavy metal} (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also large balls for such guns. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heavy \Heav"y\, adv Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as heavy-laden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heavy \Heav"y\, v. t. To make heavy. [Obs.] --Wyclif. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heavy adj 1: of comparatively great physical weight or density; "a heavy load"; "lead is a heavy metal"; "heavy mahogony furniture" [ant: {light}] 2: unusually great in degree or quantity or number; "heavy taxes"; "a heavy fine"; "heavy casualties"; "heavy losses"; "heavy rain"; "heavy traffic" [ant: {light}] 3: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment; "heavy artillery"; "heavy infantry"; "a heavy cruiser"; "heavy guns"; "heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries" [ant: {light}] 4: having or suggesting a viscous consistency; "heavy cream" 5: wide from side to side "a heavy black mark" [syn: {thick}] 6: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness; "a heavy heart"; "a heavy schedule"; "heavy news"; "a heavy silence"; "heavy eyelids" [ant: {light}] 7: usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it [syn: {fleshy}, {overweight}] 8: (used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated" [syn: {clayey}, {cloggy}] 9: darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky" [syn: {lowering}, {sullen}, {threatening}] 10: of great intensity or power or force; "a heavy blow"; "the fighting was heavy"; "heavy seas" [ant: {light}] 11: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight; "heavy hydrogen"; "heavy water" [ant: {light}] 12: (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain; "Iago is the heavy role in `Othello'" 13: permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom" [syn: {dense}, {impenetrable}] 14: made of fabric having considerable thickness; "a heavy coat" 15: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" [syn: {hard(a)}] 16: prodigious; "big spender"; "big eater"; "heavy investor" [syn: {big(a)}, {heavy(a)}] 17: used of syllables [syn: {accented}, {strong}] 18: full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" [syn: {sonorous}] 19: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {weighty}] 20: slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn" [syn: {lumbering}, {ponderous}] 21: large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work "a heavy truck"; "heavy machinery" 22: dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal; "a heavy pudding" 23: sharply inclined; "a heavy grade" 24: full of bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes" [syn: {weighed down}] 25: requiring or showing effort; "heavy breathing"; "the subject made for labored reading" [syn: {labored}, {laboured}] 26: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: {arduous}, {backbreaking}, {grueling}, {gruelling}, {hard}, {laborious}, {labourious}, {punishing}, {toilsome}] 27: lacking lightness or liveliness; "heavy humor"; "a leaden conversation" [syn: {leaden}] 28: (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: {profound}, {sound}, {wakeless}] 29: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: {big(p)}, {enceinte}, {expectant}, {gravid}, {great(p)}, {large(p)}, {heavy(p)}, {with child(p)}] n 1: an actor who plays villainous roles 2: a serious (or tragic) role in a play adv : slowly as if burdened by much weight; "time hung heavy on their hands" [syn: {heavily}]
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