1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Book One, Chapter 4, A certain Phyllis Styles, an intercollegiate prom-trotter, had failed to get her yearly invitation to the Harvard-Princeton game. 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, 2001, Part Two, Chapter 4, He was given no food.
Lying. The ability to use the least amount of information (from the given truth), bend it to your will, add some bullshit to it, and add a dash of charm/reality-distortion field, while slowly changing the topic. Mom: Did you clean your room. Son: Yes i did, and it looks beautiful, as do you, can i have some dinner now. (while lying to his mom. In reality, all the son did was clean the visible part of the room that his mom could see, and quickly changed the topic).
An example of lie is saying the sky is green. Lie means to recline on a horizontal surface. An example of lie is a person being flat on their back. Lie is defined as to say something that knowingly isn't true. An example of lie is a forty year old person saying they are twenty five. lay, lain, lyâ²ing. 1  to be or put oneself in a reclining position along a relatively horizontal surface: often with down.  to be in a more or less horizontal position on some supporting surface: said of inanimate things.