Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lie with

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: lie with
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).

American usage; Transitive verb

verb

To have sex with someone.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"That task lies with you."
"Howbeit hee would not hearken vnto her voice, but being stronger then shee, forced her, and lay with her."
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

lies with (present, singular) lying with (participle, present) lay with (past) lain with (participle, past)

Phrases

if you lie with dogs you will get fleas

Frequently Paired Words

if you lie with dogs you will get fleas

Synonyms

know lie by sleep with sleep together roll in the hay love make out make love get laid have sex do it be intimate

Questions

What does lie with mean?: To be the responsibility or duty of (someone).

How to pronounce lie with

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