different between lays vs lying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Homophones: lase, laze

Noun

lays

1. plural of lay

Verb

lays

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay

Anagrams

• Slay, slay

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?la?.??/
• Hyphenation: ly?ing

Etymology 1

lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) +? -ing.

Verb

lying

1. present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).

Noun

lying (plural lyings)

1. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
   • 1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.

     But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?

Derived terms

• low-lying
• high-lying

Translations

Etymology 2

lie (“to intentionally give false information”) +? -ing.

Verb

lying

1. present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).

Noun

lying (plural lyings)

1. An act of telling a lie or falsehood.
   • 1653, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-five Sermons preached at Golden Grove; being for the Winter Half-year, "Apples of Sodom"

     […] he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools […]

Translations

Adjective

lying (not generally comparable, comparative more lying or lyinger, superlative most lying or lyingest)

1. Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious
   • Shakespeare, The Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, Act 2 scene 1:

   • Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Induction scene 2:

Further reading

• lie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lingy