lounge
/'laundʤ/
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Definition
Noun:
- A public room in a hotel, airport, or other facility where people can sit and wait: A lounge is a comfortable area with seating provided for waiting or relaxation.
- A type of comfortable, upholstered seat for more than one person: A lounge can also refer to a long, comfortable seat, such as a sofa or couch.
Verb:
- To stand, sit, or lie in a relaxed or lazy way: To lounge means to spend time in a relaxed, idle, or leisurely manner, often without purpose.
- To spend time in a relaxed, idle, or lazy manner: This verb also describes the act of passing time without any specific activity or urgency.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- We waited for our flight in the airport lounge.
- They bought a new leather lounge for their living room.
Verb:
- He likes to lounge on the beach all afternoon.
- Don't lounge around the house all day; go outside and get some fresh air.
Advanced Usage
- "to lounge about/around": To spend time lazily or idly, moving or doing very little.
- On Sundays, I just want to lounge about and read.
- "lounge away": To spend time idly or waste time in a relaxed state.
- He lounged away the entire weekend.
Variants and Related Words
- Lounge bar (n): A bar in a hotel or pub that is more comfortable and less crowded than the main bar.
- Lounge suit (n): (British English) A man's suit for ordinary formal or business occasions.
- Lounge lizard (n, informal): A man who spends his time idly in fashionable social venues.
- Lounger (n): A person who lounges; also, a type of long, comfortable chair for reclining.
Synonyms
- Noun (room): lobby, waiting room, foyer, salon.
- Noun (seat): sofa, couch, settee, divan.
- Verb: laze, loaf, loiter, recline, sprawl.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Lounge about/around: To spend time relaxing or doing very little.
- The cat just lounges around in the sun all day.
- Lounge away: To pass time in a lazy or idle manner.
- She lounged away the summer before starting university.
Related Idioms
- To be in the lounge suit: (British English) To be dressed in a standard business suit.
- The dress code for the meeting is lounge suit.
- To lounge like a lizard: (Informal, based on "lounge lizard") To spend time idly in a relaxed, often sunlit, spot.
- After lunch, he lounged like a lizard on the warm patio stones.
Noun
- a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
- an upholstered seat for more than one person
Verb
- be about
- The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
- Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
- sit or recline comfortably
- He was lounging on the sofa