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lounge

(lounj)
v. lounged, loung·ing, loung·es
v.intr.
1. To move or act in a lazy, relaxed way; loll: lounging on the sofa; lounged around in pajamas.
2. To pass time idly: lounged in Venice till June.
v.tr.
To pass (time) in a lazy, relaxed, or idle way: lounged the day away.
n.
1. A public waiting room, as in a hotel or an air terminal, often having smoking or lavatory facilities.
2. A cocktail lounge.
3.
a. A living room.
b. A lobby.
4. A long couch, especially one having no back and a headrest at one end.
[Possibly from French s'allonger, to stretch out, from Old French alongier, to lengthen, from Medieval Latin allongāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin longus, long; see long1.]
loung′er n.
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lounge

(laʊndʒ)
vb
1. (intr; often foll by about or around) to sit, lie, walk, or stand in a relaxed manner
2. to pass (time) lazily or idly
n
3.
a. a communal room in a hotel, ship, theatre, etc, used for waiting or relaxing in
b. (as modifier): lounge chair.
4. chiefly Brit a living room in a private house
5. Also called: lounge bar or saloon bar Brit a more expensive bar in a pub or hotel
6. chiefly
a. an expensive bar, esp in a hotel
b. short for cocktail lounge
7. (Furniture) a sofa or couch, esp one with a headrest and no back
8. the act or an instance of lounging
[C16: origin unknown]
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lounge

(laʊndʒ)

v. lounged, loung•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to pass time indolently.
2. to rest or recline indolently; loll.
3. to go or move in a leisurely manner.
v.t.
4. to pass (time) indolently: to lounge the afternoon away.
n.
5. an often backless sofa having a headrest at one end.
6. a usu. public room for relaxing or waiting.
7. a section on a train, plane, or ship for socializing.
[1500–10]
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lounge


Past participle: lounged
Gerund: lounging

Imperative
lounge
lounge
Present
I lounge
you lounge
he/she/it lounges
we lounge
you lounge
they lounge
Preterite
I lounged
you lounged
he/she/it lounged
we lounged
you lounged
they lounged
Present Continuous
I am lounging
you are lounging
he/she/it is lounging
we are lounging
you are lounging
they are lounging
Present Perfect
I have lounged
you have lounged
he/she/it has lounged
we have lounged
you have lounged
they have lounged
Past Continuous
I was lounging
you were lounging
he/she/it was lounging
we were lounging
you were lounging
they were lounging
Past Perfect
I had lounged
you had lounged
he/she/it had lounged
we had lounged
you had lounged
they had lounged
Future
I will lounge
you will lounge
he/she/it will lounge
we will lounge
you will lounge
they will lounge
Future Perfect
I will have lounged
you will have lounged
he/she/it will have lounged
we will have lounged
you will have lounged
they will have lounged
Future Continuous
I will be lounging
you will be lounging
he/she/it will be lounging
we will be lounging
you will be lounging
they will be lounging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lounging
you have been lounging
he/she/it has been lounging
we have been lounging
you have been lounging
they have been lounging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lounging
you will have been lounging
he/she/it will have been lounging
we will have been lounging
you will have been lounging
they will have been lounging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lounging
you had been lounging
he/she/it had been lounging
we had been lounging
you had been lounging
they had been lounging
Conditional
I would lounge
you would lounge
he/she/it would lounge
we would lounge
you would lounge
they would lounge
Past Conditional
I would have lounged
you would have lounged
he/she/it would have lounged
we would have lounged
you would have lounged
they would have lounged
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:lounge - an upholstered seat for more than one person]lounge - an upholstered seat for more than one person
sofa bed, convertible - a sofa that can be converted into a bed
daybed, divan bed - an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night
divan - a long backless sofa (usually with pillows against a wall)
love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis - small sofa that seats two people
seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
settee - a small sofa
squab - a soft padded sofa
2. [画像:lounge - a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait]lounge - a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
cloakroom - a private lounge off of a legislative chamber
departure lounge - lounge where passengers can await departure
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
Verb 1. lounge - sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa"
sit, sit down - be seated
2. [画像:lounge - be about]lounge - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
prowl, lurch - loiter about, with no apparent aim
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lounge

verb
1. relax, pass time, hang out (informal), idle, loaf, potter, sprawl, lie about, waste time, recline, take it easy, saunter, loiter, loll, dawdle, laze, kill time, make yourself at home, veg out (slang, chiefly U.S.), outspan (S. African), fritter time away They ate and drank and lounged in the shade.
noun
1. sitting room, living room, parlour, drawing room, front room, reception room, television room They sat before a roaring fire in the lounge.
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lounge

verb
To pass time without working or in avoiding work:
bum (around), idle, laze, loaf, loiter, shirk.
Slang: diddle, goldbrick, goof (off).
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Translations
غُرْفَةُ جُلُوسٍ قاعَة إسْتِراحَه في فُنْدُقيَتَكاسَليَجْلِسُ مُسترْخِيا
halaobývací pokojpoflakovat serozvalovat se
dagligstuedovnedriveopholdsstuesalon
oleskeluhuone
predvorje
liggja makindalegasetustofaslæpast
ラウンジ
라운지
dykinėtikasdieninis kostiumaslaukiamasispoilsio kambaryssėdėti atsišliejus
atlaistiesatpūtas telpalaiskotiesslaistītiesviesistaba
čakalnicasalon v hotelu
vardagsrum
ห้องนั่งเล่นในบ้าน
oturma odası oturma salonutembel tembel dolaşmakyaslanmakyayılıp yatmak
phòng khách

lounge

[laʊndʒ]
A. N (in house) → salón m, sala f de estar, living m (LAm); (at airport) → sala f; (on liner) → salón m
B. VI (= be idle) → gandulear, pasar el rato sin hacer nada
we spent a week lounging in Naples → pasamos una semana en Nápoles sin hacer nada
to lounge against a wall → apoyarse distraídamente en una pared
C. CPD lounge bar N → salón-bar m
lounge lizard N persona a la que le gusta frecuentar lugares de postín
lounge suit N → traje m de calle, terno m de calle (LAm)
lounge about lounge around VI + ADV → gandulear, holgazanear
lounge back VI + ADV to lounge back in a chair → repanchigarse en un asiento
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lounge

[ˈlaʊndʒ]
n
(in house) → salon m
[airport] → salle f
, lounge around vi (= idle around) → paresser
lounge about
vi → paresser
vt fus [+ place]
He spends his days lounging around the house → Il passe ses journées à paresser dans la maison.
He was lounging around the swimming pool → Il paressait au bord de la piscine.lounge bar n [pub] → salon mlounge suit n (British) → complet(-veston) m
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lounge

n (in house) → Wohnzimmer nt; (in hotel) → Gesellschaftsraum m; (= lounge bar: on liner etc) → Salon m; (at airport) → Warteraum m; TV lounge → Fernsehraum m
vi → faulenzen ; to lounge about (Brit) or around → herumliegen/-sitzen; to lounge against a wall → sich lässig gegen eine Mauer lehnen ; to lounge back in a chair → sich in einem Stuhl zurücklehnen

lounge

:
lounge bar
n → Salon m (vornehmerer Teil einer Gaststätte)
lounge chair
n → Klubsessel m
lounge lizard
n → Salonlöwe m

lounge

:
lounge suit
n → Straßenanzug m
lounge suite
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lounge

[laʊndʒ]
1. n → soggiorno, salotto ; (of hotel) → salone m; (of airport) → sala d'attesa
2. vi (also lounge about) → oziare, poltrire, starsene colle mani in mano
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lounge

(laundʒ) verb
1. to lie back in a casual manner. lounging on a sofa. rondlêery يَجْلِسُ مُسترْخِيا излежавам се reclinar-se rozvalovat se herumlümmeln slappe af ξαπλώνω, χαλαρώνω repantingarse vedelema لم دادن lepäillä se prélasser לַשֶׁבֶת/לִשכַּב בְּנוֹחוּת समयवृथा खोना lješkariti hever berbaring liggja makindalega stare disteso/sdraiato もたれかかる 편하게 앉다 drybsoti, sėdėti atsišliejus atlaisties; zvilnēt melepak lui liggen sitte/ligge henslengt siedzieć rozpartym ډډه وهل reclinar-se a se tolăni, a se întinde лежать в ленивой позе rozvaľovať sa, leňošiť poležavati lenčariti luta sig tillbaka, sitta och vräka sig เอกเขนก yaslanmak, yayılıp yatmak 懶洋洋地躺臥 розсістися نیم دراز ہونا đi thơ thẩn 懒洋洋地躺卧
2. to move about lazily; to be inactive. I spent the day lounging about the house. slenter يَتَكاسَل безделнича descansar poflakovat se bummeln drive; dovne τεμπελιάζω holgazanear lonkima وقت گذرانی به بطالت vetelehtiä flâner בִּילוּי זְמָן לְבַּטָלָה अलस गति से चलना vući se henyél malas-malasan slæpast oziare, bighellonare ぶらぶらする 빈둥거리며 시간을 보내다 slankioti, dykinėti laiskoties; slaistīties melepak lummelen slappe av, ta det med ro snuć się بى فايده وخت تيرول descansar a pierde vremea слоняться flákať sa, motať sa postopati lenčariti gå och driva, strosa omkring ปล่อยให้เวลาผ่านไป tembel tembel dolaşmak 閒逛,消磨 байдикувати سستانا lang thang 闲荡
noun
a sitting-room, eg in a hotel. They watched television in the hotel lounge. sitkamer قاعَة إسْتِراحَه في فُنْدُق салон sala de estar hala die Halle opholdsstue; salon σαλόνι, αίθουσα αναμονής salón ootesaal اتاق استراحت oleskeluhuone salon טרקלין, סלון लॉंज, विश्रान्ति-कक्ष predvorje hall ruang duduk setustofa salotto; salone ラウンジ 라운지, 휴게실 poilsio kambarys, laukiamasis atpūtas telpa; viesistaba ruang istirahat lounge, zitkamer salong westybul, hall د څملاستا اطاق sala de estar hol гостиная, фоие hala salon salon vestibul, foajé ห้องสังสรรค์ในโรงแรม oturma salonu (飯店等的)交誼廳 кімната відпочинку ہوٹل وغیرہ کا عام کمرہ phòng đợi 休闲室
lounge suit noun
a man's suit for everyday formal wear. dagpak بَدْلَه للإسْتِعْمال اليَوْمي дневен костюм traje de passeio oblek pro všední den der Straßenanzug habit καθημερινό κοστούμι traje tänavaülikond لباس راحتی puku complet חֲלִיפַת יוֹם-יוֹם बैठक službna odjeća utcai ruha pakaian sehari-hari yang resmi jakkaföt completo 背広 신사복 kasdieninis kostiumas dienas uzvalks sut urusan wandelkostuum bukse og jakke garnitur na co dzień راحته جامى fato de passeio повседневный мужской костюм oblek na všedný deň svečana moška dnevna obleka svečana odeća kavajkostym สูทยาว gündelik elbise 普通西裝 піджачний костюм دن کو پہننے کا عام مردانہ لباس bộ lễ phục 普通西装
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lounge

→ غُرْفَةُ جُلُوسٍ obývací pokoj dagligstue Wohnzimmer σαλόνι sala oleskeluhuone salon predvorje sala d’aspetto ラウンジ 라운지 zitkamer dagligstue salon sala de estar гостиная vardagsrum ห้องนั่งเล่นในบ้าน oturma odası phòng khách 休闲室
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It was very pleasant there on the side porch, where there were chairs, a wicker lounge, and a small table.
Victor went and reclined on the wicker lounge behind his mother's chair, where he commanded a view of Edna's face.
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She sat down on her lounge beside Annushka, and looked about her in the twilight of the sleeping-carriage.
And for all that, at the same point in her memories, the feeling of shame was intensified, as though some inner voice, just at the point when she thought of Vronsky, were saying to her, "Warm, very warm, hot." "Well, what is it?" she said to herself resolutely, shifting her seat in the lounge. "What does it mean?
Afterwards he lit a cigarette and strolled for a moment into the lounge. Celeste, who was waiting for him, glided at once to his side.
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Turning the corner they came to the largest room in the hotel, which was supplied with four windows, and was called the Lounge, although it was really a hall.
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The deceitful strength which had buoyed Eva up for a little while was fast passing away; seldom and more seldom her light footstep was heard in the verandah, and oftener and oftener she was found reclined on a little lounge by the open window, her large, deep eyes fixed on the rising and falling waters of the lake.
In a moment, Eva was off from her lounge, and in the verandah.
Prince Hippolyte was lolling in a lounge chair with his legs over its arm.
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The second Emir lounges about the rigging awhile, and then slightly shaking the main brace, to see whether it be all right with that important rope, he likewise takes up the old burden, and with a rapid Dinner, Mr.
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He was nowhere to be met with; every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies; neither at the Upper nor Lower Rooms, at dressed or undressed balls, was he perceivable; nor among the walkers, the horsemen, or the curricle-drivers of the morning.
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