lounge
/ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/ verb B1- To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner. · We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.
- To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
He/she/it lounges · Past lounged · Past participle lounged · -ing form lounging
Verb forms
- Base form
- lounge
- He/she/it
- lounges
- Past
- lounged
- Past participle
- lounged
- -ing form
- lounging
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This was Albert’s favorite lounging place.
When Anne, with tears rolling over her cheeks, had gone sorrowfully upstairs, Matthew, who had been apparently sound asleep on the lounge during the whole dialogue, opened his eyes and said decidedly:
The statesman received us with that old-fashioned courtesy for which he is remarkable, and seated us on the two luxuriant lounges on either side of the fireplace.
With an air of nonchalance which, under the circumstances, seemed to me to border upon affectation, he lounged up and down the pavement, and gazed vacantly at the ground, the sky, the opposite houses and the line of railings.
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