Laid vs Belied - What's the difference?

laid | belied |

As verbs the difference between laid and belied

is that laid is (lay) while belied is (belie).

As an adjective laid

is (of paper) marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

laid

English

Verb

(head)

(lay)

Derived terms

* get laid * laid rope

Adjective

(-)

(of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

Derived terms

* creamlaid

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Anagrams

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belied

English

Verb

(head)

(belie)

Anagrams

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belie

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From (etyl) belyen, beliggen, from (etyl) belicgan, . Cognate with German beliegen.

Verb

(obsolete) To lie around; encompass.

(transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) belyen, .

Verb

To tell lies about; to slander.

* Shakespeare

Thou dost belie him, Percy, thou dost belie him.

To give a false representation of, to misrepresent.

* Shakespeare

Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts.

*, II.2.6.iv:

He found it by experience, and made good use of it in his own person, if Plutarch belie him not […].

To contradict, to show (something) to be false.

* Dryden

Their trembling hearts belie their boastful tongues.

Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.

To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).

* 2013 , Elizabeth Koh, "Fighting Pest, Farmers Find Strange Ally: A Drought," New York Times, August 31, 2013

The rosy outlook belies a struggle to achieve statewide eradication that has persisted since the insect first crossed the border from Mexico around 1892.

His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.

To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.

* 1993 , Carol A. Mossman, Politics and Narratives of Birth: Gynocolonization from Rousseau to Zola , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-41586-6, page 28:

A host of evidence is adduced by the accused, evidence whose sometimes self-contradictory nature belies a certain desperation.

(obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.

(Dryden)

(obsolete) To fill with lies.

* Shakespeare

The breath of slander doth belie all corners of the world.

Synonyms

* (to give a false representation) misrepresent * (to tell lies about) calumniate * (to contradict or show to be false) contradict, give lie to, give the lie to