lie over
To be deferred to a future occasionTo be deferred to a future occasion.
» Tom leaves his dirty clothes lying all over the house.
Tom verstreut seine schmutzige Kleidung im ganzen Haus.
Том разбрасывает свои грязные вещи по всему дому.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To be deferred to a future occasion.
(transitive)Of a prime ideal q of a ring R' with subring R, to intersect with R at some other prime ideal p; q lies over p if and only if q∩R=p.
Examples
18 sentencesTom leaves his dirty clothes lying all over the house.
ruТом разбрасывает свои грязные вещи по всему дому.
deTom verstreut seine schmutzige Kleidung im ganzen Haus.
Newspapers lay scattered all over the floor.
ruПо всему полу лежали разбросанные газеты.
deZeitungen lagen überall auf dem Fußboden zerstreut.
Broken glass lay scattered all over the road.
Уламки розбитого скла розсипалися по всій дорозі.
ruОсколки разбитого стекла рассыпались по всей дороге.
deDie Straße war mit Glassplittern übersät.
Snow lay all over the ground.
Leaves lay thick over the ground.
Forms
lies over, lying over, lay over, lain overPhrasal verbs
11 phrasal verbs- lie inлежати, лягтиTo be brought to bed in childbirth.
- lie downлягти, лягатиTo assume a horizontal position.
- lie withзнатиTo be the responsibility or duty of (someone).
- lie byспати зTo have sex with.
- lie offTo remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)
- lie backTo lie down by moving in a posterior direction, ending up supine.
- lie overTo be deferred to a future occasion.
- lie aroundTo do nothing in particular; to be idle.
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb