the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
"The suspect was caught lying about his whereabouts during the robbery."
The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
"The detective caught him in the act of lying about where he had been all day."
An act of telling a lie or falsehood.
In plain English: Lying is when someone tells something that isn't true on purpose to trick people.
"The teacher stopped him from telling tall tales about his summer vacation because lying is not something to be proud of when you have such an interesting story actually happened at home with your family members who were sitting around eating dinner together while watching television shows on their living room televisions that had been turned up very loud so everyone could hear what was going on inside the house where they all live happily ever after."
Usage: Use this noun form only when referring specifically to the physical posture of being on the ground, as it is rarely used in modern English for deception. For acts of dishonesty, prefer "a lie" instead.
present participle of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”).
"The witness was caught lying about where he had been that night."
present participle of lie (“to intentionally give false information”).
In plain English: Lying means telling something that is not true on purpose to trick someone.
"The child was lying on the grass in the sun."
Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious
"The new intern's lying nature made it difficult for anyone to trust what he said about his previous employment history."
In plain English: Lying describes something that is not true or false.
"Don't believe his lying excuse about why he was late."
The word lying is formed by adding the suffix -ing to lie, which means to rest in a horizontal position. This construction simply indicates the action or state of being in that resting posture.