Dead
Dead adjective - No longer living.
Lying down and dead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lying down" instead an adjective "Dead".
Nearby Word: deadly
Lying down
Dead and lying down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Lying down".
Both terms in one sentence
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End of an Age: The Emperor and Darth Vader are both dead and the Empire's dominance on the galaxy has been broken, but die-hard loyalists like Adelhard and Bragh aren't gonna take it lying down.
Source: Video Game / Star Wars Uprising -
However, the concept of a nap is so new and foreign to cavemen that when people see them lying down with their eyes closed during the daytime, the first assumption is that they are dead.
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Playing Possum: Snake can now play dead, either by lying down and relaxing his body, or remaining motionless after being knocked over by an attack.
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