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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940);
[syn: Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge]

2. a formal association of people with similar interests;
- Example: "he joined a golf club"
- Example: "they formed a small lunch society"
- Example: "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
[syn: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order]

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

4. a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter;
[syn: lodge, hunting lodge]

5. any of various Native American dwellings;
[syn: lodge, indian lodge]

6. a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers;
[syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]


VERB (4)

1. be a lodger; stay temporarily;
- Example: "Where are you lodging in Paris?"

2. put, fix, force, or implant;
- Example: "lodge a bullet in the table"
- Example: "stick your thumb in the crack"
[syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit]

3. file a formal charge against;
- Example: "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
[syn: charge, lodge, file]

4. provide housing for;
- Example: "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"
[syn: lodge, accommodate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lodge \Lodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged (l[o^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging (l[o^]j"[i^]ng).] 1. 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. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Stay and lodge by me this night. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; to become stuck or caught; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree; a piece of meat lodged in his throat. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lodge \Lodge\ (l[o^]j), n. [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.] 1. A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]. --Robert of Brunne. [1913 Webster] O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! --Cowper. (b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. --Shak. (c) A den or cave. (d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge. (c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) 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. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] 3. A collection of objects lodged together. [1913 Webster] The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. --De Foe. [1913 Webster] 4. 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. [1913 Webster] Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b) . [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lodge \Lodge\, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ] 1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold. [1913 Webster] Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The memory can lodge a greater store of images than all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster] 2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert. [1913 Webster] The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. [1913 Webster] 4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant. [1913 Webster] He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. To lay down; to prostrate. [1913 Webster] Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint. [PJC] To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Lodge n 1: English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) [syn: Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge] 2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [syn: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order] 3: small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener 4: a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn: lodge, hunting lodge] 5: any of various Native American dwellings [syn: lodge, indian lodge] 6: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge] v 1: be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" 2: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free] 3: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file] 4: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" [syn: lodge, accommodate]