Wiktionary
vb. 1 To be in an unknown place. 2 to do nothing in particular, to be idle
WordNet
v. hang around idly; "She did all the work while he lay around" [syn: lie about]
Usage examples of "lie around".
To be compelled, at such a time, to lie around in vacuous idleness-- to spend days that should be crowded full of action in a monotonous, objectless routine of hunting lice, gathering at roll-call, and drawing and cooking our scanty rations, was torturing.
Just another luxurious villa where the occupants can lie around in the shade drinking wine from their own vineyards and eating fish from their private ponds.
The remaining two thousand five hundred do not do even this, but lie around on the ground, on old blankets and overcoats, and in day-time prop these up on sticks, as shelter from the rain and wind.
Examples of The Columbus Egg lie around us in hundreds of thousands.
Just lie around the hotel room, read a bit, eat some food, watch TV, and retire early.
For who knows whether important clues for the unravelling of our past do not lie around the archaeological sites, whether we do not trample them heedlessly under foot, because we do not know what to make of them.
And Arthur says that if we can't fuck we can lie around and play with each other.
We did nothing for hours but lie around on the ground and try to forget how famished we were.