Belying meaning : To lie around; encompass. (of an army) To surround; beleaguer. To tell lies about. To give a false representation of. To contradict, to show (something) to be false. To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something). To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic. To mimic; to counterfeit. To fill with lies.