The word Lie can have several meanings:

• Lie, to speak untruthfully with intent to mislead or deceive
• Lie, an untrue or deceptive statement deliberately used to mislead
• Lie or lie down also means to rest horizontally on a surface, such as a bed; see Human positions.
• LIE is the International Olympic Committee's abbreviation for Liechtenstein
• LIE is the abbreviation for the Long Island Expressway, Interstate 495
• L.I.E., a movie titled after the Long Island Expressway
• Lie (album) is a record by mass murderer Charles Manson

The word "lie" often causes ambiguities in foreign language dictionaries, when they say that a foreign language word means "lie" without distinguishing between "tell a lie" and "lie down".

And see lye.

Lie (pronounced as "Lee") is also a family name; notable persons with this last name include:

• Sophus Lie (1842-1899), Norwegian mathematician, the founder of Lie algebra
• Trygve Lie (1896-1968), Norwegian politician, first Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Jonas Lie (1833-1908), Norwegian novelist
• Jonas Lie (painter) (1880-1940), Norwegian-American painter

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