lodge
Noun · VerbWordNet 3.0
Noun (6)
- English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)Synonyms: LodgeSir Oliver LodgeSir Oliver Joseph Lodge
- a formal association of people with similar interests“he joined a golf club”“they formed a small lunch society”“men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today”Synonyms: clubsocial clubsocietyguildgildorder
- small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
- a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelterSynonyms: hunting lodge
- any of various Native American dwellingsSynonyms: indian lodge
- a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersSynonyms: hostelhostelryinnauberge
Verb (4)
- be a lodger; stay temporarily“Where are you lodging in Paris?”
- put, fix, force, or implant“lodge a bullet in the table”“stick your thumb in the crack”Synonyms: wedgestickdeposit
- file a formal charge against“The suspect was charged with murdering his wife”Synonyms: chargefile
- provide housing for“We are lodging three foreign students this semester”Synonyms: accommodate
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.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. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Stay and lodge by me this night.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Something holy lodges in that breast.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
3.To come to a rest; to stop and remain; to become stuck or caught; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree; a piece of meat lodged in his throat. [1913 Webster]
1.A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build].— Robert of Brunne.[1913 Webster]
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! --Cowper. (b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. --Shak. (c) A den or cave. (d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge. (c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. [1913 Webster]
2.(Mining) 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. [1913 Webster]
3.A collection of objects lodged together. [1913 Webster]
The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands.— De Foe.[1913 Webster]
4.A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals. [1913 Webster]
Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b) . [1913 Webster]
1.To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. [1913 Webster]
Every house was proud to lodge a knight.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
The memory can lodge a greater store of images than all the senses can present at one time.— Cheyne.[1913 Webster]
2.To drive to shelter; to track to covert. [1913 Webster]
The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
3.To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. [1913 Webster]
4.To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. [1913 Webster]
He lodged an arrow in a tender breast.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
5.To lay down; to prostrate. [1913 Webster]
Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
6.To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint. [PJC]
To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint. [1913 Webster]