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belie
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
belie
(verb)
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belie
/bɪ
ˈ
laɪ/
verb
belies
;
belied
;
belying
belie
/bɪ
ˈ
laɪ/
verb
belies
;
belied
;
belying
Learner's definition of BELIE
[
+ object
]
formal
1
:
to give a false idea of (something)
Her manner and appearance
belie
her age. [=she looks and acts like a much younger person than she really is]
a tree whose delicate beauty
belies
its real toughness
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2
:
to show (something) to be false or wrong
Their actions
belie
their claim to be innocent.
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