lie
1. [intransitive] (of a person or an animal) to be or put yourself in a flat or horizontal position so that you are not standing or sitting
2. [intransitive] (of a thing) to be or remain in a flat position on a surface
3. [intransitive] to be, remain or be kept in a particular state
Source: lie - the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Doctors and nurses tended to the young woman as she had fevers, suffered pains all over her body and lay listless, confused. “I just gave my heart to God,” Ms. Sayon recalled.
Source: Wish to Do More in Ebola Fight Meets Reality in Liberia - The New York Times
Is "lay" in "lay listless" the past tense of the verb "lie," which means "to be, remain or be kept in a particular state"?
1. [intransitive] (of a person or an animal) to be or put yourself in a flat or horizontal position so that you are not standing or sitting
2. [intransitive] (of a thing) to be or remain in a flat position on a surface
3. [intransitive] to be, remain or be kept in a particular state
Source: lie - the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Doctors and nurses tended to the young woman as she had fevers, suffered pains all over her body and lay listless, confused. “I just gave my heart to God,” Ms. Sayon recalled.
Source: Wish to Do More in Ebola Fight Meets Reality in Liberia - The New York Times
Is "lay" in "lay listless" the past tense of the verb "lie," which means "to be, remain or be kept in a particular state"?
