LIE WITH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lie with mean? 

• LIE WITH (verb)
  The verb LIE WITH has 1 sense:

1. have sexual intercourse with

  Familiarity information: LIE WITH used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIE WITH (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have sexual intercourse with

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

have it off; sleep with; sleep together; screw; roll in the hay; make out; make love; love; lie with; know; jazz; hump; have sex; bang; have it away; have intercourse; have a go at it; get laid; get it on; fuck; eff; do it; bonk; bed; be intimate

Context example:

Were you ever intimate with this man?

Hypernyms (to "lie with" is one way to...):

copulate; couple; mate; pair (engage in sexual intercourse)

Verb group:

make out; neck (kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lie with"):

have; take (have sex with; archaic use)

fornicate (have sex without being married)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

Half an hour later he managed to regain the bed, where he was content to lie with closed eyes and analyze his various pains and weaknesses.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The problem may lie with all the additional ingredients (sugar, ginseng, taurine etc.) in energy drinks, as noted in a 2017 study.

(3 Cups Of Coffee Daily Could Improve Heart Function, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I followed with lagging step, and thoughts busily bent on discovering a means of extrication; but he himself looked so composed and so grave also, I became ashamed of feeling any confusion: the evil—if evil existent or prospective there was—seemed to lie with me only; his mind was unconscious and quiet.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)