Definitions for Lodge
lɒdʒlodge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodgenoun

   English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)

2. club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, ordernoun

   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"

3. lodgenoun

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

4. lodge, hunting lodgenoun

   a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

5. lodge, indian lodgenoun

   any of various Native American dwellings

6. hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, aubergeverb

   a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

7. lodgeverb

   be a lodger; stay temporarily

   "Where are you lodging in Paris?"

8. lodge, wedge, stick, depositverb

   put, fix, force, or implant

   "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"

9. charge, lodge, fileverb

   file a formal charge against

   "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

10. lodge, accommodateverb

    provide housing for

    "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"

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1. Lodgeverb

   To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.

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1. lodgenoun

   A building used for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

2. lodgenoun

   Porter's or caretaker's rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate.

3. lodgenoun

   A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

4. lodgenoun

   A local chapter of a trade union.

5. lodgenoun

   A rural hotel or resort, an inn.

6. lodgenoun

   A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.

7. lodgeverb

   To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

   I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.

8. lodgeverb

   To pay rent to a landlord or landlady who lives in the same house .

9. lodgeverb

   To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.

10. lodgeverb

    To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.

11. lodgeverb

    To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).

12. lodgeverb

    To flatten to the ground.

13. Etymology: From logge, from loge, lobia, laubia, of origin, from *, from laubijō, from lauban, from lōubh-. Cognate with louba (German Laube), loub, leaf. Related to lobby, loggia, leaf.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lodgenoun

   Etymology: logis, French.

   1. A small house in a park or forest.

   He brake up his court, and retired himself, his wife and children, into a certain forest thereby, which he calleth his desart, wherein he hath built two fine lodges. Philip Sidney.

   I found him as melancholy as a lodge in a warren. William Shakespeare.

   He and his lady both are at the lodge,
   Upon the north side of this pleasant chace. William Shakespeare.

   Thus at their shady lodge arriv’d, both stood,
   Both turn’d, and under open sky ador’d
   The God that made both sky, air, earth. John Milton.

   Whenever I am turned out, my lodge descends upon a low-spirited family. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Any small house; as, the porter’s lodge.

2. To Lodgeverb

   Etymology: logian , Saxon; loger, French.

   1. To place in a temporary habitation.

   When he was come to the court of France, the king stiled him by the name of the duke of York; lodged him, and accommodated him, in great state. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   2. To afford a temporary dwelling; to supply with harbour for a night.

   Ev’ry house was proud to lodge a knight. Dryden.

   3. To place; to plant.

   When on the brink the foaming boar I met,
   And in his side thought to have lodg’d my spear,
   The desp’rate savage rush’d within my force,
   And bore me headlong with him down the rock. Thomas Otway.

   He lodg’d an arrow in a tender breast,
   That had so often to his own been prest. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

   In viewing again the ideas that are lodged in the memory, the mind is more than passive. John Locke.

   4. To fix; to settle.

   By whose fell working I was first advanc’d,
   And by whose pow’r I well might lodge a fear
   To be again displac’d. William Shakespeare.

   I can give no reason,
   More than a lodg’d hate, and a certain loathing
   I bear Antonio. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

   5. To place in the memory.

   This cunning the king would not understand, though he lodged it, and noted it, in some particulars. Francis Bacon, H. VII.

   6. To harbour or cover.

   The deer is lodg’d, I’ve track’d her to her covert;
   Rush in at once. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   7. To afford place to.

   The memory can lodge a greater store of images, than all the senses can present at one time. George Cheyne, Phil. Principles.

   8. To lay flat.

   Though bladed corn be lodg’d, and trees blown down,
   Though castles topple on their warders heads. William Shakespeare.

   We’ll make foul weather with despised tears;
   Our sighs, and they, shall lodge the Summer corn,
   And make a dearth in this revolting land. William Shakespeare.

3. To Lodgeverb

   1. To reside; to keep residence.

   Care keeps his watch in ev’ry old man’s eye,
   And where care lodgeth, sleep will never lie. William Shakespeare.

   Something holy lodges in that breast,
   And with these raptures moves the vocal air
   To testify his hidden residence. John Milton.

   And dwells such rage in softest bosom then?
   And lodge such daring souls in little men? Alexander Pope.

   2. To take a temporary habitation.

   Why commands the king,
   That his chief followers lodge in towns about him,
   While he himself keepeth in the cold field? William Shakespeare.

   I know not where he lodges; and for me to devise a lodging, and say, he lies here, or he lies there, were to lie in mine own throat. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   Thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 2 Sam. xvii. 8.

   3. To take up residence at night.

   My lords
   And soldiers, stay and lodge by me this night. William Shakespeare.

   Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people. Jer. ix. 4.

   Here thou art but a stranger travelling to thy country; it is therefore a huge folly to be afflicted, because thou hast a less convenient inn to lodge in by the way. Taylor.

   4. To lie flat.

   Long cone wheat they reckon in Oxfordshire best for rank clays; and its straw makes it not subject to lodge, or to be mildewed. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

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1. lodge

   A lodge is a type of accommodation often found in rural or outdoor settings, such as near lakes, mountains, or forests. It typically features a more rustic or natural design, offering activities and services related to its environment like fishing, hiking, skiing, or hunting. The term "lodge" can also refer to a local branch or meeting place for certain organizations or societies, like a Masonic lodge. In addition, it can mean to officially submit or present something, as in to lodge a complaint or application.

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1. Lodgenoun

   a shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge

2. Lodgenoun

   a small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate

3. Lodgenoun

   a den or cave

4. Lodgenoun

   the meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge

5. Lodgenoun

   the chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college

6. Lodgenoun

   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

7. Lodgenoun

   a collection of objects lodged together

8. Lodgenoun

   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

9. Lodgeverb

   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

10. Lodgeverb

    to fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind

11. Lodgeverb

    to come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree

12. Lodgenoun

    to give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold

13. Lodgenoun

    to drive to shelter; to track to covert

14. Lodgenoun

    to deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal

15. Lodgenoun

    to cause to stop or rest in; to implant

16. Lodgenoun

    to lay down; to prostrate

17. Etymology: [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ]

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1. Lodge

   Lodge is a town in Colleton County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 114 at the 2000 census.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lodge

   loj, n. a small house in a park: a hut: the cottage of a gatekeeper: a retreat: a secret association, also the place of meeting.—v.t. to furnish with a temporary dwelling: place, deposit: to infix, to settle: to drive to covert: to lay flat, as grain.—v.i. to reside: to rest: to dwell for a time: to pass the night: to lie flat, as grain.—ns. Lodg′er, one who lodges or lives at board or in a hired room; Lodg′ing, temporary habitation: a room or rooms hired in the house of another (often in pl.): harbour; Lodg′ing-house, a house where lodgings are let, a house other than a hotel where travellers lodge; Lodg′ment, act of lodging, or state of being lodged: accumulation of something that remains at rest: (mil.) the occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.—Lodger franchise, a right to vote conferred on persons occupying lodgings.—Grand Lodge, the principal lodge of Freemasons, presided over by the Grand-master. [O. Fr. loge—Old High Ger. loubā, an arbour.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LODGE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lodge is ranked #7394 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Lodge surname appeared 4,501 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Lodge.
   
   76.4% or 3,443 total occurrences were White.
   17.4% or 787 total occurrences were Black.
   1.9% or 88 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.9% or 88 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 48 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1% or 47 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Accuse
   • Association
   • Dwell
   • Dwelling
   • Gatehouse
   • House
   • Physicist

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Lodge' in Nouns Frequency: #2860

2. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Lodge' in Verbs Frequency: #1053

Anagrams for Lodge »

1. glode

2. golde

3. ogled

How to pronounce Lodge?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Lodge in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lodge in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Lodge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Lodge in a Sentence

1. Rebel Wilson:

   REBEL Rebel Wilson SAYS SHE WAS PROBABLY EATING 3,000 CALORIES MOST DAYS BEFORE WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY Seventy-five kilograms is equivalent to 165 pounds. Rebel Wilson has made healthy life changes for 2020 that have resulted in dramatic weight loss. ( Photo by SC Pool - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) The Pitch Perfect star, 40, also made a note in her story that says she wants to speak with her fans on Instagram Live this Tuesday. I wan na go live on Insta on Tuesday night when Im back in US to share stuff with you guys and thank everyone for their support, Rebel Wilson teased. Sooo until then... 6p NYC time. REBEL Rebel Wilson REVEALS SHES ONLY 6 POUNDS AWAY FROM HER GOAL WEIGHT, DUBS HERSELF FIT AMY In mid-November, Rebel Wilson reportedly checked into Austrian wellness center, VivaMayr, according to People magazine. The upscale lakeside lodge is said to be the place where she first kicked off her health journey and adopted a specialized diet in 2019. I went back because 2021 is going to be an insanely busy year with project after project, so I wanted to come back to VivaMayr.

2. Frederic Plachesi:

   The odds are for the next few months, only locals will visit the lodge, we estimate a 60% loss of business because of the omicron restrictions.

3. Wyatt Russell:

   There's always a charitable aspect to the lodge that we don't know about a lot, and it is really nice, the people that I've come across, it's all been in that capacity of charity, which is good.

4. Jeff Simpson:

   Our officers are some of the best trained in the country and we welcome the accountability that comes with our job, after consultation with our Lodge Counsel, we believe the officers acted appropriately within the scope of their duties.

5. William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 5:

   Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Lodge
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Lodge
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lodge
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Lodge
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Lodge
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Lodge
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Lodge
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html