to lie with
43
9.1
- phrasal verb
- /laɪ wɪð/
- NSFW
- 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
∞
3.0
To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure
∞
9.9
To have sex with someone
∞
7.4
To have sex with someone
388
5.3
Have sex with someone you love or care about
263
8.1
To kiss and touch someone in a sexual way
203
9.9
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
144
9.9
To have sex with someone
112
9.9
To have sex with someone, said as a rude word
90
7.4
Have sex with another person, often when not married
88
9.0
To have sex with someone
60
9.9
To have sex with someone, used as a rude word
52
9.8
To have sex with someone
45
8.1
To have sex with someone
41
7.9
Have sex with someone
34
9.3
To have sex with someone
24
8.6
To have sex with another person
15
5.1
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
2
9.2
To have sex briefly in a casual way
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
1
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
1
9.9
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
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'.