lig /lɪɡ/verb 3noun 1forms 7 verb3 •To lie; be in a prostrate or recumbent position.His limbes would rest, ne lig in ease embost — 1596 •(slang) To be a ligger or hanger-on; to freeload.[…] but within the confines of the music business it means the pinnacle of a career dedicated to ligging […] — 1991 •To lay. noun1 •(slang, no longer used) A lie; an untruth.And the Muse of Arts that never told a lig, / Whirls in her mid-air flight to sing of Twigg; […] — 1867 formslag · lay · ligged · laggen · lain · ligging · ligs