lie on or
upon rest, press, weigh; burden, strain, oppress, encumber, handicap, overwhelm.
5. be situated, be placed, be located, be found, be positioned; be buried, be interred.
6. Usu.
lie in consist, inhere, be present, exist,
lie-abed, n. slugabed, Inf. lazybones, Inf. lazyboots,
Inf. lazylegs; idler, loafer, lounger, loller, do-nothing, slouch, sluggard; shirker, Inf. goldbricker, SI. goof-off, Brit. SI. skiver, Brit. SI. scrimshanker; laggard, loiterer, lingerer, sleepy-head; dallier, dillydallier, dawdler, moper.
liege, n. 1. feudal lord, liege lord, master, overlord, paramount, lord paramount, suzerain, overking, chieftain, chief; seigneur, master of the house, Archaic. goodman, paterfamilias, patriarch; chief, leader, superior.
2. feudal vassal, liegeman, servant, indentured servant, bondsman, bondman, yeoman, thrall, serf, helot, villein, churl; inferior, subordinate, underling, man, henchman, lackey, flunky; attendant, aide.
-adj. 3. subject, dependent, subservient, subordinate, inferior, servile, feudal, feudatory; under command or orders or direction, at [s.o.'s] beck and call, owing allegiance, in service to.
4. loyal, allegiant, true, Scot. leal, true-hearted; devoted, dedicated, steadfast, staunch, true-blue, yeo-manly, unwavering, unswerving, supportive; faithful, reliable, trusted, dependable, trusty, tried and true; true to one's word or pledge, upright, high-principled,
lien, n. security, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, Roman and Civil Law. pig-nus, tax lien, Marine Law. bottomry; attachment, garnish, garnishment, entailment.
lieutenant, n. 1. assistant, aide, helper; deputy, proxy, representative, alter ego, second, second in command, Inf. backup or backup man; right hand, right-hand man, man Friday, gal Friday, henchman, underling, stooge, subordinate, SI. second banana; lackey, flunky, tool, hanger-on, camp follower, yes man, toady, sycophant; bodyguard, SI. triggerman, SI. hatchet man, SI. torpedo, SI. goon; bullyboy, tough, roughneck.
2. attendant, counselor, advisor, Inf. sideman, privy councilor; confidant, member of the kitchen cabinet; good right arm, sidekick, buddy, Little John, Tonto; satellite, subordinate, subaltern, coadjutant, coadjutor, executive officer; surrogate, secondary, stand-in, understudy; follower, disciple, adherent, partisan.
3. army officer, naval officer, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade, SI. j.g., SI. looie, Brit, sublieutenant, India, jemadar.
life, n. 1. existence, being, animateness, viability, flesh and blood, substantiality; lifetime, days, generation, life span; duration of life, life expectancy, longevity.
2. the human condition, vicissitudes, ups and downs; trials and tribulations, the ills that flesh is heir to, man's inhumanity to man; the world, the times, state of affairs, course or tide of events.
3. nature, creation, wild life, flora and fauna; man and bird and beast, the fish of the sea, the denizens of the deep, the beasts of the field, the fowls or birds of the air; mankind, womankind.
4. human being, human, person, individual, mortal; man, woman, child.
5. animation, liveliness, vivacity, spirit; dash, dlan, zest, verve, flair, zing; fire, warmth, glow, fervency, ardor; dazzle, brilliance; sprightliness, airiness, breeziness, buoyancy, cheer; ebullience, sparkle, efferves-