LOUNGE DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
lounge n 1: an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa, couch, lounge] 2: a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait [syn: lounge, waiting room, waiting area] v 1: sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa" 2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) lounge I. verb (lounged; lounging) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1508 intransitive verb to act or move idly or lazily ; loaf Synonyms: see idle transitive verb to pass (time) idly II. noun Date: 1775 1. a place for lounging: as a. a room in a private home or public building for leisure activities ; living room; also lobby b. a room in a usually public building or vehicle often combining lounging, smoking, and toilet facilities 2. a long couch Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary lounge laundʒ v. & n. --v.intr. 1 recline comfortably and casually; loll. 2 stand or move about idly. --n. 1 a place for lounging, esp.: a a public room (e.g. in a hotel). b a place in an airport etc. with seats for waiting passengers. c a sitting-room in a house. 2 a spell of lounging. ølounge bar Brit. a more comfortable room for drinking in a public house. lounge lizard colloq. an idler in fashionable society. lounge suit Brit. a man's formal suit for ordinary day wear. [perh. f. obs. lungis lout] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue LOUNGE A loitering place, or gossiping shop. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lounge \Lounge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lounged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lounging.] [OE. lungis a tall, slow, awkward fellow, OF. longis, longin, said to be fr. Longinus, the name of the centurion who pierced the body of Christ, but with reference also to L. longus long. Cf. Long, a.] To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics. --J. Hannay. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lounge \Lounge\, n. 1. An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging. She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop ?erved as a fashionable lounge. --Miss Edgeworth. 2. A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms lounge v. n. 1. Recline, loll. 2. Loll, dawdle, live lazily, loaf. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) lounge laundʒ v. 1 idle, loaf, laze, loll, languish, vegetate: After dinner, we lounged till midnight, sipping port. --n. 2 sitting-room, salon, front room, parlour: Mother insisted that we entertain visitors in the lounge. 3 lobby, foyer, waiting-room, reception (room), vestibule: I was waiting in the lounge when the doctor returned. 4 cocktail lounge, (lounge or saloon) bar: We went into the lounge and ordered a drink. 5 sofa, couch, divan, studio couch, day-bed, settee, settle, love-seat, chaise longue; causeuse, téte-å-téte; US and Canadian Davenport: The psychoanalyst has a lounge on which you lie while talking to him. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 84 Moby Thesaurus words for "lounge": antechamber, anteroom, audience chamber, bar, barroom, bed, bed down, bum, bum around, cocktail lounge, couch, crawl, curl up, dally, divan, do nothing, drift, drinkery, foyer, front room, go to bed, go to rest, goldbrick, goof off, greenroom, grovel, hang around, idle, languish, lay, laze, lazy, lie, lie around, lie down, lie flat, lie limply, lie prone, lie prostrate, loaf, lobby, loiter, loiter about, loll, loll around, lollop around, lounge around, mooch around, moon, moon around, parlor, pothouse, presence chamber, pub, reception room, recline, repose, rest, salon, saloon, saloon bar, settee, settle, settle to rest, side room, sit around, slack, slouch, slouch around, snug down, sofa, sprawl, stand around, studio couch, take it easy, take life easy, tap, taproom, tete-a-tete, throne room, vegetate, vestibule, waiting room, wardroom |
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