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

1. live (in a certain place)
   • She resides in Princeton
   • he occupies two rooms on the top floor