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No. Lying is an adjective.

Lie, as in "to lie", would be a verb.

A verb is a word that describes an action (run, walk, etc), a state of being (exist, stand, etc) or occurrence (happen, become, etc).

An adjective is a word that describes a noun (the car is blue / it was a cold day / etc).

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