LIE DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lie down mean? 

• LIE DOWN (verb)
  The verb LIE DOWN has 1 sense:

1. assume a reclining position

  Familiarity information: LIE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIE DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assume a reclining position

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

lie; lie down

Context example:

lie down on the bed until you feel better

Hypernyms (to "lie down" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

Verb group:

lie (be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lie down"):

stretch; stretch out (lie down comfortably)

charge (lie down on command, of hunting dogs)

bow down; prostrate (get into a prostrate position, as in submission)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

arise (rise to one's feet)

 Context examples 

“I pray you that you will order the Company to lie down,” cried Hawtayne, who had taken the tiller and was gazing ahead with a fixed eye.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He said nothing at the moment, but turned to me, saying: Now take down our brave young lover, give him of the port wine, and let him lie down a while.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And then you shall lie down and sleep.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I can lie down under them trees an' sleep for a thousan' years if I want to.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I should lie down in my own place (I thought with a silent chuckle) and enjoy their faces when they found me in the morning.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Poor bear,” said the mother, “lie down by the fire, only take care that you do not burn your coat.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The girl had been so careful as to put the quilt of her baby’s bed into it, for me to lie down on.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

“If it comes to that,” I said, “pray take my bed, and I'll lie down before the fire.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Not liking to sit in the cold and darkness, I thought I would lie down on my bed, dressed as I was.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Lie down here and 'poor' my head.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)