The meaning of LYING is marked by or containing untrue statements : false. How to use lying in a sentence.

LYING definition: the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness. See examples of lying used in a sentence.

lying adjective Given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth:

Definition of lying in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

telling or containing lies; deliberately untruthful; mendacious; false a lying report

Lying, any communicative act that aims to cause receivers of the communication to adopt, or persist in, a false belief. However, because of its generality, this definition invites questions …

/ ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ / Add to word list present participle of lie (Definition of lying from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)