lie in
verb
1 lie in
Originate (in).
synonyms: consist, dwell, lie.
Roget 161:
produce,
perform,
operate,
do,
make,
gar,
form,
construct,
fabricate,
frame,
contrive,
manufacture;
weave,
forge,
coin,
carve,
chisel;
build,
raise,
edify,
rear,
erect,
put together,
set up,
run up;
establish,
constitute,
compose,
organize,
institute;
achieve,
accomplish
etc.
(complete)
729.
flower,
bear fruit,
fructify,
teem,
ean†,
yean†,
farrow,
drop,
pup,
kitten,
kindle;
bear,
lay,
whelp,
bring forth,
give birth to,
lie in,
be brought to bed of,
evolve,
pullulate,
usher into the world.
make productive
etc.
168;
create;
beget,
get,
generate,
fecundate,
impregnate;
procreate,
progenerate†,
propagate;
engender;
bring into being,
call into being,
bring into existence;
breed,
hatch,
develop,
bring up.
induce,
superinduce;
suscitate†;
cause
etc.
153;
acquire
etc.
775.
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Roget 1:
exist,
be;
have being
etc.
n.;
subsist,
live,
breathe,
stand,
obtain,
be the case;
occur
etc.
(event)
151;
have place,
prevail;
find oneself,
pass the time,
vegetate.
consist in,
lie in;
be comprised in,
be contained in,
be constituted by.
come into existence
etc.
n.;
arise
etc.
(begin)
66;
come forth
etc.
(appear)
446.
become
etc.
(be converted)
144;
bring into existence
etc.
161.
abide,
continue,
endure,
last,
remain,
stay.
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2 lie in
Be in confinement for childbirth.
Moby thesaurus: abide in, approach anchorage, be coextensive with, be comprised in, be confined, be constituted by, be contained in, be found, be located, be present in, be situated, bear, bear a child, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up for, bear up to, bear young, calve, cast, close with, consist in, drop, dwell in, exist in, farrow, fawn, fetch, foal, give birth, go aboard, go alongside, have, have a baby, have young, inhabit, inhere in, kitten, labor, lamb, lay aboard, lay for, lay in, lie, litter, make, make at, make for, pup, put away for, put in, put into port, reach, repose, repose in, reside in, rest, rest in, run for, sail for, stand, stand for, steer toward, subsist in, throw, travail, whelp, yean ... show more.
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