lodge

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.

2. 2noun

   A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.

3. 3noun

   A den or cave.

4. 4noun

   The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge.

5. 5noun

   The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.

6. 6noun

   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.

7. 7noun

   A collection of objects lodged together.

8. 8noun

   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.

9. 9intransitive 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.

10. 10intransitive verb

    To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.

12. 12noun

    To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.

13. 13noun

    To drive to shelter; to track to covert.

14. 14noun

    To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.

15. 15noun

    To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.

16. 16noun

    To lay down; to prostrate.

17. 17noun

    a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

    Synonyms

    aubergehostelhostelryinn
18. 18noun

    any of various Native American dwellings

19. 19noun

    a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

20. 20noun

    small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener

21. 21noun

    a formal association of people with similar interests

    "he joined a golf club"

    "they formed a small lunch society"

    Synonyms

    clubgildguildordersociety
22. 22noun

    English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)

23. 23verb

    file a formal charge against

    "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

    Synonyms

    chargefile
24. 24verb

    put, fix, force, or implant

    "lodge a bullet in the table"

    "stick your thumb in the crack"

    Synonyms

    depositstickwedge
25. 25verb

    provide housing for

    "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"

    Synonyms

    accommodate
26. 26verb

    be a lodger; stay temporarily

    "Where are you lodging in Paris?"