ली I. 1 P. (लयति) To melt, dissolve. −II. 9 P. (लिनाति)
1 To adhere.
2 To melt, usually with वि. −III. 4 A. (लीयते, लीन)
1 To stick or adhere firmly to, cling to; M. 3. 5.
2 To clasp, embrace.
3 To lie or rest on, recline, stay or dwell in, lurk, hide, cower; (भृगांगनाः) लीयंते मुकुलांतरेषु शनकैः संजातलज्जा इव Ratn. 1. 26; हरिशिशुरुत्पतितुं द्रागंगा- न्याकुंच्य लीयते निभृतं Bv. 1. 106; R. 3. 9; Ś. 6. 16; Ku. 1. 12, 7. 21; Bk. 18. 13; Ki. 5. 26.
4 To be dissolved, melt away.
5 To be sticky or viscous.
6 To be absorbed in, be devoted or attached to; माधव मनसिजविशिखभया- दिव भावनया त्वयि लीना Gīt. 4.
7 To vanish, disappear. −Caus. (लापयति- ते, लाययति-ते, लीनयति-ते, लालयति-ते) To melt, dissolve, liquefy. (The form लापयते is used in the sense of ‘to honour’, ‘cause to be honoured’; जटाभिर्लापयते = पूजामधिगच्छति; cf. P. I. 3. 70).
लीः f.
1 Adhering, clinging to.
2 Embracing.
3 Melting, dissolving.