LOUNGE

lounge, waiting room, waiting area

(noun) a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

sofa, couch, lounge

(noun) an upholstered seat for more than one person

lounge

(verb) sit or recline comfortably; “He was lounging on the sofa”

loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

(verb) be about; “The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”; “Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lounge (plural lounges)

A waiting room in an office, airport etc.

(British) A domestic living room.

An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.

A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.

The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.

Synonyms

• (living room): loungeroom (Australia), sitting room (Britain), parlour

• (pub): See also pub

Verb

lounge (third-person singular simple present lounges, present participle lounging, simple past and past participle lounged)

To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

• J. Hannay

Anagrams

• lugeon

Source: Wiktionary


Lounge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lounged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lounging.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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.

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 lounge. Miss Edgeworth.

2. A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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