lodge
UK /lɒd͡ʒ/ · US /lɑd͡ʒ/ noun, verb, proper noun
- noun A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
- noun A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
- noun (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
- noun A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
- noun A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
- noun A den or cave.
- noun The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
- noun (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.
- verb (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position. “The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.”
- verb (transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position. “I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.”
- verb (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. “The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.”
- verb (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- verb (transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.
- verb (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- verb (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- verb (transitive, chiefly law, politics) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.). “to lodge a complaint”
- proper noun A surname.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in Sangamon Township, Piatt County, Illinois.
- proper noun An unincorporated community in the western part of Lorance Township, Bollinger County, Missouri.
- proper noun A town in Colleton County, South Carolina.
Synonyms
stay over stop keep quarter sleep over sojourn stay stop off stop over tarry Sir Oliver Lodge Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge club social club society guild gild order hunting lodge indian lodge hostel hostelry inn auberge wedge stick deposit charge file accommodate
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”).
See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. Chaucer.
- noun The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; --called also platt. Raymond.
- verb To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street.
- verb To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. Mortimer.
Etymology [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.]
Etymology [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “lodge”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details