lounge

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: sofacouchwaiting roomwaiting arealoiterfootlelollygagloaflallygaghang aroundmess abouttarry

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an upholstered seat for more than one personSynonyms: sofacouch
  2. a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can waitSynonyms: waiting roomwaiting area

Verb (2)

  1. sit or recline comfortably“He was lounging on the sofa”
  2. be about“The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square”“Who is this man that is hanging around the department?”Synonyms: loiterfootlelollygagloaflallygaghang aroundmess abouttarrylingerlurkmill aboutmill around
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lounge \Lounge\ (lounj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lounged (lounjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lounging (loun"j[i^]ng).] [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.] To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. [1913 Webster]

We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics. --J. Hannay. [1913 Webster]

Lounge \Lounge\, n.

1.An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging. [1913 Webster]

She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a fashionable lounge.— Miss Edgeworth.[1913 Webster]

2.A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline. [1913 Webster]

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