New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: flip around · dig around · kid around · mix around · sit around · win around · flail around · leave around · sleep around · arse around

lie around

(also

lie about

) 1 (v + adv) laze around INTRANSITIVEbheith i do scraiste c m ubheith ag leadaíocht c m ubheith ag máinneáil thart c m u 2 (v + prep) laze around TRANSITIVEhe lies around the house all day ag leadaíocht thart sa teach a bhíonn sé an lá ar fad 3 (v + adv) be left somewhere INTRANSITIVEdon't leave matches lying around ná fág lasáin ina luí thartthere was some rubbish lying about bhí roinnt bruscair ina luí thart, bhí roinnt bruscair caite timpeall 4 (v + prep) be left somewhere TRANSITIVEthere must be another one of those lying around the place caithfidh go bhfuil ceann eile acu sin timpeall na háite → see lie

Phrases and Examples in other entries

odd »

he gathered up any odd bits of metal lying around bhailigh sé na píosaí fánacha miotail a bhí ina luí thart
place »

books were lying around all over the place bhí leabhair ina luí thart ar fud na háite
suppose »

I don't suppose it's lying around here ní dócha go bhfuil sé ina luí thart anseo, ní déarfainn go bhfuil sé ina luí thart anseo, ní cheapfainn go bhfuil sé ina luí thart anseo

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