lodge in
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Definition
Verb (transitive and intransitive): 1. To live in or occupy a place, especially temporarily or as a resident. This use often implies residing in a specific, sometimes provided, location. 2. To become fixed or embedded in a place or thing. This meaning describes something, often a physical object or a thought, becoming stuck or implanted.
Usage and Examples
- Verb (to reside):
- During the summer, students often lodge in university dormitories.
- The ambassador lodges in the official residence provided by the government.
- Verb (to become fixed):
- The memory of that day lodged in her mind forever.
- A fish bone lodged in his throat, causing him to cough.
Advanced Usage
- "to be lodged in" (passive voice): Commonly used to describe the state of being fixed or situated somewhere.
- The bullet was lodged in the wall.
- The suspicion was firmly lodged in the detective's thoughts.
Variants and Related Words
- Lodge (verb): The base form, meaning to provide someone with a place to stay, to live somewhere temporarily, or to become stuck.
- The society will lodge the visiting scholars.
- The seed lodged itself in the crack.
- Lodging (noun): A place to live, often temporary.
- He found cheap lodging near the station.
Synonyms
- Reside: To live in a particular place (more permanent connotation).
- Occupy: To live or work in a room, building, or area.
- Dwell: To live in or at a specified place (formal/literary).
- Embed: To fix something firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass (for the "fixed" meaning).
- Stick: To become fixed in one place and difficult to move.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Lodge against: To formally make a complaint or accusation.
- They decided to lodge a complaint against the company.
- Lodge with: To stay temporarily at someone's house.
- I lodged with my aunt while looking for an apartment.
Related Idioms
- To lodge a protest: To make a formal protest.
- The community lodged a protest with the city council.
Verb
- live (in a certain place)
- She resides in Princeton
- he occupies two rooms on the top floor