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Lodging

verb
/ˈlɒdʒɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 2.8

Definitions

1.verbTo be firmly fixed in a specified position.
"I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth."
2.verbTo stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
"The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street."
3.verbTo stay in any place or shelter.
4.verbTo drive (an animal) to covert.
5.verbTo supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
6.verbTo put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
7.verbTo place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
8.verbTo become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
"The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge."
9.verbTo cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
10.nounA place to live or lodge.
11.nounSleeping accommodation.
12.noun(in the plural) Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
13.nounThe condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.

Synonyms

stay overstoplodgmenthousinglodgementhostelaccommodationguesthousedormitoryhotelcondodwelling

Rhymes With

dislodgingdodgingarbitraging
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