Tells tales (4 letters)

{ Answer }

LIES

{ Related Clues }

Extends
Falsehoods
Fibs
"Hogwash!"
A pack of ___
Perjures
Is positioned
Prevaricates
Is prone
Reclines
Is situated
Sprawls
"Tru ___"
Untruths
Whoppers
Accused's retort
Creates an account?
Empty promises
Epitaph verb
Equivocator's forte
"Fairy tales"
False propaganda
Fictional accounts
Iago's forte
Isn't straight
Links positions
Pinocchio's wrongs
Pseudologists' fortes
Pure fiction
Some excuses
Stays flat
Storyteller's pack
Tall tales
Trygve and family
Twists the truth
Inventions, so to speak
Not just evasions
Pinocchio's nose-growers
Pure (or impure) fiction
These sometimes come in a pack
White ones are little
"O! that way madness ___": King Lear
Tells it like it isn't

{ Tags }

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{ Notes }

The answer LIES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.

{ Definition }

LIE as a noun:

1. (lie, prevarication) = a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

2. (Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvden Lie) = Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

3. position or manner in which something is situated

LIE as a verb:

1. be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

2. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"

3. (dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in) = originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

4. be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

5. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"

6. (lie, rest) = have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"

7. (lie down, lie) = assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"