lie with

verb

To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).

“That task lies with you.”

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Meanings

verblie with (third-person singular simple present lies with, present participle lying with, simple past lay with, past participle lain with)

present singular third person lies with · participle present lying with · past lay with · participle past lain with

  1. UStransitiveTo be the responsibility or duty of (someone).

    That task lies with you.

  2. archaiceuphemisticTo have sex with someone.

    Howbeit hee would not hearken vnto her voice, but being stronger then shee, forced her, and lay with her.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 13:14
    1 more example

    While this band was not especially powerful, Shiagur was a female warlord – and one of the few remaining fertile females, at that. She had, through viciousness and cunning, parlayed her unique value into a position of power. Krogan males competed for the right to join her band and lie with her.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Canrum

Synonyms & antonyms

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knowlie bysleep with

verbhave sexual intercourse with

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Broader
copulatematepair
Also see
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Hebrew שָׁכַב
  • שָׁכַב (shakháv)to have sex
Latin concumbō, cubō cum
  • concumbōto have sex
  • cubō cumto have sex
  • iaceō cumto have sex
Norwegian Bokmål ligge med
  • ligge medto have sex
Polish spać z, przespać się z
  • spać zto have sex
  • przespać się zto have sex
Swedish ligga med
  • ligga medto have sex
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Chicago

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