lie by
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Verb edit
lie by (third-person singular simple present lies by, present participle lying by, simple past lay by, past participle lain by)
- (transitive, obsolete) To have sex with.
- 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:, Book V:
- Than he lete make a cry thorow all the oste that uppon layne of lyff and lymme […] that no lyege man that longyth to his oste sholde lye be no maydens ne ladyes nother no burgessis wyff that to the cité longis.
- (intransitive, dated) To rest from labour; to take a break.
Synonyms edit
- (have sex with): lie with, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
- (take a break): have a break, take five