lie down (third-person singular simple present lies down , present participle lying down , simple past lay down , past participle lain down )
( intransitive ) To assume a horizontal position .
Antonym: get up
Lie down on the bed until you feel better.
(imperative ) A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
( intransitive ) To be lazy or remiss .
He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph [1] :They may have finished 11 points behind West Ham and lost both league games, conceding eight goals, but the Tangerine dream remains alive. Holloway said: “We won’t get a bigger test than West Ham but we’ve got one chance. If you’d asked me last summer when I lost all those players I’d have said this was a dead duck, but we don’t lie down at this club.”
( intransitive ) To submit passively .
I'm not going to lie down and take this!
assume a horizontal position
Abaga: bed̶ao
Albanian: shtrihem (sq)
Arabic: اِسْتَلْقَى (ar) ( istalqā ) , اِضْطَجَعَ ( iḍṭajaʕa )
Gulf Arabic: انسدح ( insidaḥ )
Armenian: պառկել (hy) ( paṙkel )
Azerbaijani: yatmaq (az)
Bashkir: ятыу ( yatıw )
Belarusian: кла́сціся impf ( kláscisja ) , легчы́ pf ( ljehčý )
Bengali: শুয়ে পড়া (bn) ( śuẏe poṛa )
Bikol Central: higda (bcl)
Bulgarian: ля́гам си (bg) impf ( ljágam si ) , ле́гна си pf ( légna si )
Catalan: ajeure's (ca) , ajaure's (ca) , gitar (ca)
Chechen: вижа ( viža )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 瞓低 / 𰥛低 ( fan3 dai1 )
Mandarin: 偃 (zh) ( yǎn ) , 躺下 (zh) ( tǎngxià ) , 躺 (zh) ( tǎng )
Czech: lehat si impf , lehnout si pf
Danish: lægge sig (da)
Dutch: gaan liggen
Esperanto: sterni (eo) , kuŝiĝi
Estonian: pikali olema
Faliscan: cupo , leco
Finnish: panna maata , panna makuulle , käydä pitkälleen , käydä pitkäkseen
French: s’étendre (fr) , se coucher (fr) , s’allonger (fr)
Galician: deitarse
Georgian: დაწოლა ( dac̣ola )
German: sich legen (de) , liegen (de) , niederlegen (de) , sich hinlegen
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 ( ligan )
Greek: ξαπλώνω (el) ( xaplóno )
Ancient: κεῖμαι ( keîmai )
Hindi: लेटना (hi) ( leṭnā )
Hungarian: fekszik (hu) , lefekszik (hu)
Icelandic: leggjast niður , leggjast
Indonesian: berbaring (id)
Ingrian: loottiissa
Ingush: вижа ( viža )
Italian: sdraiarsi (it) , distendersi (it) , coricarsi (it)
Japanese: 横になる ( よこになる, yoko ni naru ) , 臥す ( ふす, fusu ) , 身を伏せる ( みをふせる, mi o fuseru ) , 俯せる ( うつぶせる, utsubuseru )
Jarai: đih
Javanese: glèthak
Kashubian: leżec
Kazakh: жату (kk) ( jatu )
Khmer: ទំរេត ( tumreit ) , ដេក (km) ( deek )
Korean: 눕다 (ko) ( nupda )
Kyrgyz: жатуу (ky) ( jatuu )
Ladin: se ponder
Lao: ນອນ ( nǭn )
Latin: cubō , dēcumbō , recumbō , iaceō (la)
Latvian: nogulties (lv)
Lithuanian: atsigulti
Lü: ᦓᦸᧃ ( noan )
Macedonian: легнува impf ( legnuva ) , легне pf ( legne )
Malay: baring (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хэвтэх (mn) ( xevtex )
Nepali: पल्टिनु ( palṭinu )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: legge seg (no)
Ojibwe: gawishimon
Persian: خوابیدن (fa) ( xâbidan ) , لمیدن (fa) ( lamidan )
Polish: kłaść się (pl) impf , położyć się (pl) pf
Portuguese: deitar-se
Pumpokol: ak
Quechua: siriy (qu)
Rapa Nui: moe
Romanian: a se culca (ro)
Romansch: s'extender
Russian: ложи́ться (ru) impf ( ložítʹsja ) , лечь (ru) pf ( lečʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: laigh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лȅћи pf
Roman: lȅći (sh) pf
Slovak: ľahnúť si pf
Slovene: léči pf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: połožowaś se impf , połožyś se pf
Spanish: echarse (es) , tenderse (es) , acostarse (es) , yacer (es)
Sranan Tongo: didon
Swahili: lala chini
Swedish: lägga sig (sv)
Tagalog: higa
Tajik: хобидан ( xobidan )
Tamil: படு (ta) ( paṭu )
Tatar: ятарга (tt) ( yatarga )
Thai: นอน (th) ( nɔɔn )
Tocharian B: lyäk-
Turkish: yatmak (tr)
Turkmen: ýatmak
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎋𐎁 ( škb )
Ukrainian: ляга́ти impf ( ljaháty ) , лягти́ pf ( ljahtý )
Urdu: لیٹنا ( leṭnā )
Uyghur: ياتماق ( yatmaq )
Uzbek: yotmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: nằm xuống (vi) , nằm ngả , ngả lưng (vi) , nằm ngửa (vi)
Waray-Waray: higda
Welsh: gorwedd (cy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: hizega
Zazaki: kewten
Translations to be checked