lied

¹ American  

[lahyd] / laɪd /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of lie.

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lied ² American  

[leed, leet] / lid, lit /

noun

plural

lieder

1. 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.

   Schubert lieder.

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lied British  

/ liːt, liːd /

noun

1. music any of various musical settings for solo voice and piano of a romantic or lyrical poem, for which composers such as Schubert, Schumann, and Wolf are famous

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Etymology

Origin of lied

Borrowed into English from German around 1850–55

Example Sentences

Leah ultimately found one explanation that covered almost any difficult séance situation—the spirit world contained humbugs just like the mortal one— some spirits liked to play tricks; others simply lied.

From Literature

His friends would think he’d lied, even though he absolutely did make it across the first time.

From Literature

"We have no way of knowing exactly what happened as you have lied to the police and to everyone that you have spoken to since."

From BBC

The agency admitted that, for decades, the government had lied and said the sightings of the mysterious, high-altitude silver crafts were just weather anomalies.

From The Wall Street Journal

It turns out his mother lied to me about many things: her infidelity and numerous financial issues.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• chant
• ditty
• oratorio
• paean
• psalm