Many people accidentally use lied instead of lain when using the verb lie. Lied, however, refers to the past tense and past participle form of lie when it means “to make an untrue statement.”
LIED definition: simple past tense and past participle of lie. See examples of lied used in a sentence.
The German word Lied for "song" (cognate with the English dialectal leed) first came into general use in German during the early fifteenth century, largely displacing the earlier word gesang.
to speak falsely, knowing that what one says is not true, as with intent to deceive: [no object] lied about his age. [~ + object] lying his way out of difficulty. [used with quotations] "Of course I love you,'' he lied.
Synonyms for LIED: deceived, fibbed, fooled, kidded, tricked, prevaricated, fabricated, misrepresented; Antonyms of LIED: testified, asserted, confirmed, swore, verified, validated, substantiated, authenticated
lied in American English (lid, German lit) noun Word forms: plural lieder (ˈlidər, German ˈlidəʀ) a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership
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Past tense of lie, meaning to make a false statement with the intention of deceiving. The word "lied" is the past tense of the verb "lie," which can have several meanings, primarily distinguished by context.