1 to be in a position in which your body is flat on a surface such as the floor or a bedlie on/in etc: She was lying on the bed watching television.lie still/awake/unconscious etc: I lay awake worryin [..]

As it relates to the ball, the position of the ball when it has come to rest. (He hit his drive into the rough, but luckily had a good lie). As it relates to the club, it is the angle of the sole of the club relative to the shaft. (He liked the sand wedge but the lie was too flat.)

"speak falsely, tell an untruth for the purpose of misleading," late 12c., from Old English legan, ligan, earlier leogan "deceive, belie, betray" (class II strong verb; past tense [..]

"manner of lying, relative position," 1690s, from lie (v.2). Sense in golf is from 1857.

"rest horizontally, be in a recumbent position," early 12c., from Old English licgan (class V strong verb; past tense læg, past participle legen) "be situated, have a specific position; [..]

"an untruth, false statement made with intent to deceive," Old English lyge, lige "lie, falsehood," from Proto-Germanic *lugiz (source also of Old Norse lygi, Danish løgn, Old Fris [..]

Liean intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture ( John 8:44 ; 1 Timothy 1:9 1 Timothy 1:10 ; Revelation 21:27 ; 22:15 ). Mention is made of the lies told by good [..]

1. the quality, manner, style, way, or position relative to level in which a ball rests on the ground (e.g., good lie, bad lie, downhill lie, uphill lie, sidehill lie, fluffy lie, flier lie, and so on [..]

Position of the ball when it comes to rest after being struck.

1. the quality, manner, style, way, or position relative to level in which a ball rests on the ground 2. can also refer to the number of strokes taken up to the current moment on a given hole when the [..]

The term Lie has basically several usages in golf. On the one hand side it refers to the location of the golf ball at rest. If the term is used in that way, it usually also describes a good or bad position. Another meaning of lie is, that it designates the number of strokes the golfer used to locate the golf ball there. Thus a question asking what [..]

Resting place of the ball on the course, hence a 'good lie', or 'poor lie'. Also the angle at which the clubhead is set on the shaft. Tall people usually have clubs with an 'upright' lie (making the shoft more vertical) and shorter people use a 'regular' or 'flatter' lie (placing the cubhead further [..]

- The place where the disc lands ending a toss to designate the tee-off of the next throw.

the ground that the ball is resting on. "Good lies" include the fairway and the green, while bunkers, pine straw, and the rough are examples of "bad lies". Also, the angle between [..]

 – the spot where the disc comes to rest. This is often marked by a mini-disc marker.

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968 [..]

Lie refers, firstly to the stationary condition of a golf ball. The other meaning of lie is the number of strokes consumed by the golfer to get the ball in the position where it is at rest.

The position the ball is on the ground, a good lie would be not in a hole like dip or if it was resting up on a bit of grass and it was easy to hit.

The position of the ball on the course. You'll often hear a player say, "I have a bad/good lie." It is also used when a player has played a certain number of strokes on that hole -"She is laying three, and she still has the chance to par the 17th." With equipment, it is the angle at which the club head is set on the shaft. [..]

  As it relates to the ball, the position of the ball when it has come to rest. (He hit his drive into the rough, but luckily had a good lie). As it relates to the club, it is the angle of the sole of the club relative to the shaft. (He liked the sand wedge but the lie was too flat.)

Angle formed by a club's shaft and the bottom of the clubhead. 

Angle from the shaft to the ground when the club is in normal playing position. Determines where the sole of the clubhead hits the ground.

The position a golf ball is sitting on the golf course such as fairway, bunker or the rough.

The position in which the ball rests on the ground. The lie can be good or bad in terms of the nature of ground where is rests, the slope (uphill or downhill lie), and the level of difficulty. An unpl [..]

The mark of where your previous shot landed, and comes to rest, it designates the area you must shoot from next to make a legal disc golf throw. This is often marked by a mini-disc marker. Line

  where the ball comes to a halt.  Deemed good or bad, depending on the location.

The ground that the ball is resting on. The golf terms "Good lies" include the fairway and the green, while bunkers, pine straw, and the rough are examples of "bad lies".

a term used in golf to mean the ball is stationary in a particular spot. Usually used to describe the quality of the spot in which the ball sits (i.e. how difficult it will be to hit the ball out of t [..]

A term to describe the ball that has stopped and is at rest after it was hit.

As it relates to the ball, the position of the ball when it has come to rest. As it relates to the club, it is the angle of the sole of the club relative to the shaft.

The place your disc stops and where you must take your next shot from.

The way the ball sits on the ground, in grass or sand. A bad lie might be stuck deep in high grass or on top of a sprinkler head.

1. Where the ball comes to rest after being hit by a golfer. 2. The number of strokes it took to get it there, as reported by that golfer.

As it relates to the ball, the position of the ball when it has come to rest.As it relates to the club, it is the angle of the sole of the club relative to the shaft.

As it relates to the golf ball, the position of the golf ball when it has come to rest. As it relates to the golf club, it is the angle of the sole of the golf club relative to the shaft. As it relate [..]

The angle formed between the shaft (or hosel) and the clubhead.

It is a measurement of how the clubhead "lies" on the ground from toe to heel. The measurement is taken by determining the angle in degrees between (a) the centerline of the shaft, and (b) the ground with the clubhead resting on its center. Stand at address with a club, and stand looking at the club face such that he would hit you [..]

The position in which the ball rests on the ground. The lie can be good or bad in terms of the nature of ground where is rests, the slope, and the level of difficulty in playing it. The number of stro [..]

The position a ball is in after it has come to rest. If the ball is in thick rough you then have a bad lie.

The angle between the shaft and the ground line when the club is measured in normal playing position.

The position the golf ball comes to rest on the ground.

First, the lie of a club refers to the angle of the head to the shaft. A club is said to have a flat lie when the angle is very obtuse, and to have an upright lie when the angle is less. Second, the l [..]

to say something that know is not true, the same word also means to rest flat

1) The position at which the ball rests after being hit. 2) The angle between the shaft and the clubhead.

In golf lie relates to either where the ball is resting or the angle of the sole of the club in relation to the shaft.

Situation in which a ball finishes after completion of a stroke. The lie can vary from good to bad, depending on how far the ball has settled down in the grass or, in the case of a bunker, in the sand.

As it relates to the ball, the position of the ball when it has come to rest. As it relates to the club, it is the angle of the sole of the club relative to the shaft.

an intentional violation of the truth. Lies are emphatically condemned in Scripture (John 8:44; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10; Rev. 21:27; 22:15). Mention is made of the lies told by good men, as by Abraham (Gen. 12 [..]

lign

lign zogn

lay [lā] lain [lān] ly·ing : to be sustainable or capable of being maintained : have grounds under the law [holding that an action of battery would "Scott v. Bradford, 606 P.2d 554 ...

(Anglo-Saxon, lige, a falsehood.)

(Anglo-Saxon, licgan, to ’bide or rest; but lie, to deceive, is the Anglo-Saxon verb leg-an.)

To remain in a particular place or position.

fib, fabrication, cover story, story, untruth, inaccuracy

n.(1) "lie, falsehood," s.v. lie sb.\1 OED. KEY: lie@n1

n1 13 lye 10 lyes 3

n.(2) "lees, sediment of wine," s.v. lee sb.\2 OED. KEY: lie@n2

n2 2 lyes 2

This is what you tell your wife when she asks if you went to work and you really went golfing OR it is the position that the ball ends up when it comes to rest on the ground.

Legal Instruments Examiner - an official in the patent office who examines filed documents to make sure they meet the legal standards. Also an UNTRUTH (but you knew that...)

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface. (The book lies on the table;  the snow lies on the roof;  he lies in his coffin) *(1631-1700) *: The watchful traveller/ L [..]

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1843 * '''1678''' — . ''''. *: Christian then seeing them lie in this case went to them, if peradventure he might awake them, and cried, You are like them that sle [..]

Any place in the water where the fish lie waiting for food or resting.

The three-character ISO 3166 country code for LIECHTENSTEIN.