lodge
/lɑd͡ʒ/ verb C1- To be firmly fixed in a specified position. · The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.
- To firmly fix in a specified position. · I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth.
- To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. · The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street.
- To stay in any place or shelter.
- To drive (an animal) to covert.
- To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.). · to lodge a complaint· Powers that are lodged with the cabinet.
He/she/it lodges · Past lodged · Past participle lodged · -ing form lodging
Verb forms
- Base form
- lodge
- He/she/it
- lodges
- Past
- lodged
- Past participle
- lodged
- -ing form
- lodging
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This was Cecil James Barker, of Hales Lodge, Hampstead.
The man’s sleeve had slipped up and there was the branded mark of the lodge upon his forearm.
“If I am to lodge with anyone, I should prefer a man of studious and quiet habits.
I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in the vicinity of Euston.
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