DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "TO Lay" and "TO Lie"

please, can you explain me the differences between "TO Lay" and "TO Lie"??
when do you use each one?
thanks

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please, can you explain me the differences between "TO Lay" and "TO Lie"??
when do you use each one?
thanks

LIE - LAY - LAIN - LYING = irreg. verb[intransitive verb] to recline

LIE [ to] -LIED - LIED - LYING- reg. vb. = not to tell the truth

LAY - LAID - LAID - LAYING -trans. verb [irreg. vb.] to put ; to place

e.g.

I`ve lain in bed for several hours.

I don`t like him because he is always lying to me, or
He lied to her yesterday, when he said he hadn`t come to the party.

I laid the books on the shelf two days ago.

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