Sekirov Dictionary

lounge

/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/

noun 7
verb 2
forms 5

noun7

a room with comfortable seats where people wait, in an airport or a hotel
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(UK) A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
- Let's go hang out in the lounge.
An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
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The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
- That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street. — 1849
(Australia) A couch.
A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
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(no longer used) A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
- He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood. — 1791

verb2

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To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
- We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.
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To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
- As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl. — 2023

forms

lounged · lounging · lounges · loungeth · loungest

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