to lie with
6
9.1
- phrasal verb
- /laɪ wɪð/
- NSFW
:
yacer con
- Thou shalt lie with me.
- lie with a woman
Examples
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I'm talking about the way you're close to a woman when you're lying with her in the act of love and there's not an inch of air between you that isn't humming with sweet vibration.
Fiction book (2001) -
If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.
Blog text (1) -
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman.
Blog text (1) -
Here is the logic: Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.
Blog text (15) -
If you truly love her, you should lie with her and express your feelings.
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In the quiet of the night, he wanted to lie with her under the stars.
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The poet wrote about the intimacy felt when two souls choose to lie with one another.
Synonyms
∞
9.9
To have sex with someone
∞
3.0
To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure
999
9.8
To have sex with someone
698
8.6
To have sex with another person
675
9.9
To have sex with someone
652
7.4
To have sex with someone
296
5.3
Have sex with someone you love or care about
205
9.9
To have sex with someone, said as a rude word
130
8.1
To kiss and touch someone in a sexual way
125
9.3
To have sex with someone
122
9.9
To have sex with someone
95
9.9
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
69
7.4
Have sex with another person, often when not married
58
9.9
To have sex with someone, used as a rude word
23
8.1
To have sex with someone
16
7.9
Have sex with someone
12
9.0
To have sex with someone
5
5.1
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
2
9.9
To have sex with someone
2
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone, used in informal British English
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex briefly in a casual way
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to recline together' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'lie' (be or remain in a horizontal position) with 'with' (together/accompanying). This is a literal, compositional pattern common in English (and paralleled in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Lie with comes from old use where lie meant to lie down in the same bed as someone and with shows together; people who 'lay together' were described that way, so the phrase now means 'to have sex'.