lie down

See also: liedown and lie-down

English

Verb

lie down (third-person singular simple present lies down, present participle lying down, simple past lay down, past participle lain down)

(intransitive) To assume a reclining position.
Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
Antonym: get up
(intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
- 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph‎:
  They may have finished 11 points behind West Ham and lost both league games, conceding eight goals, but the Tangerine dream remains alive. Holloway said: “We won’t get a bigger test than West Ham but we’ve got one chance. If you’d asked me last summer when I lost all those players I’d have said this was a dead duck, but we don’t lie down at this club.”
(intransitive) To submit passively.
I'm not going to lie down and take this!

Translations

assume a reclining position

Albanian: shtrihem (sq)
Arabic: اِسْتَلْقَى‎ (ar) (istalqā), اِضْطَجَعَ‎ (iḍṭajaʿa)
Armenian: պառկել (hy) (paṙkel)
Azerbaijani: yatmaq (az)
Bashkir: ятыу (yatıw)
Belarusian: класці́ся impf (klascísja), легчы́ pf (ljehčý)
Bengali: শুয়ে পড়া (bn) (śuye pôṛa)
Bikol Central: higda (bcl)
Bulgarian: ля́гам си (bg) impf (ljágam si), ле́гна си pf (légna si)
Catalan: ajeure's (ca), ajaure's (ca), gitar (ca)
Chechen: вижа (viža)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 瞓低 (fan³ dai¹)
Mandarin: 偃 (zh) (yǎn), 躺下 (zh) (tǎngxià), 躺 (zh) (tǎng)
Czech: lehat si impf, lehnout si pf
Danish: lægge sig (da)
Dutch: gaan liggen
Esperanto: sterni (eo)
Estonian: pikali olema
Faliscan: cupo, leco
Finnish: panna maata, panna makuulle, käydä pitkälleen, käydä pitkäkseen
French: s'étendre (fr), se coucher (fr), s'allonger (fr)
Galician: deitarse
Georgian: დაწოლა (dac̣ola)
German: sich legen (de), liegen (de), niederlegen (de)
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan)
Greek: ξαπλώνω (el) (xaplóno)
Ancient: κεῖμαι (keîmai)
Hindi: लेटना (hi) (leṭnā)
Hungarian: fekszik (hu), lefekszik (hu)
Icelandic: leggjast niður, leggjast
Indonesian: berbaring (id)
Ingush: вижа (viža)
Italian: sdraiarsi (it), distendersi (it), coricarsi (it)
Japanese: 横になる (よこになる, yoko ni naru), 臥す (ふす, fusu), 身を伏せる (みをふせる, mi o fuseru), 俯せる (うつぶせる, utsubuseru)
Jarai: đih
Javanese: glèthak
Kashubian: leżec
Kazakh: жату (kk) (jatu)
Khmer: ទំរេត (tumreit), ដេក (km) (deek)
Korean: 눕다 (ko) (nupda)
Kyrgyz: жатуу (ky) (jatuu)
Lao: ນອນ (nǭn)
Latin: cubō, dēcumbō, recumbō, iaceō (la)
Latvian: nogulties
Lithuanian: atsigulti
Lü: ᦓᦸᧃ (noan)
Macedonian: легнува impf (legnuva), легне pf (legne)
Malay: baring (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хэвтэх (mn) (xevtex)
Nepali: पल्टिनु (palṭinu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: legge seg (no)
Ojibwe: gawishimon
Persian: خوابیدن‎ (fa) (xâbidan), لمیدن‎ (fa) (lamidan)
Polish: kłaść się (pl) impf, położyć się (pl) pf
Portuguese: deitar-se
Pumpokol: ak
Quechua: siriy (qu)
Rapa Nui: moe
Romanian: a se culca (ro)
Romansch: s'extender
Russian: ложи́ться (ru) impf (ložítʹsja), лечь (ru) pf (lečʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: laigh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лȅћи pf
Roman: lȅći (sh) pf
Slovak: ľahnúť si pf
Slovene: léči pf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: połožowaś se impf, połožyś se pf
Spanish: echarse (es), tenderse (es), acostarse (es), yacer (es)
Swahili: lala chini
Swedish: lägga sig (sv)
Tajik: хобидан‍ (xobidan‍)
Tamil: படு (ta) (paṭu)
Tatar: ятарга (tt) (yatarga)
Thai: นอน (th) (nɔɔn)
Tocharian B: lyäk-
Turkish: yatmak (tr)
Turkmen: ýatmak
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎋𐎁 (škb)
Ukrainian: ляга́ти impf (ljaháty), лягти́ pf (ljahtý)
Urdu: لیٹنا‎ (leṭnā)
Uyghur: ياتماق‎ (yatmaq)
Uzbek: yotmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: nằm xuống (vi), nằm ngả, ngả lưng (vi), nằm ngửa (vi)
Waray-Waray: higda
Welsh: gorwedd (cy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: hizega
Zazaki: kewten

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Crimean Tatar: ^{(please verify)} yatmaq, ^{(please verify)} alşaymaq
Isthmus Zapotec: ^{(please verify)} raʼtaʼ
Pumpokol: ^{(please verify)} ak
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} uleči se