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transitive verb
1a(1)
: to provide temporary quarters for
The refugees need to be lodged and fed.
(2)
: to rent lodgings to
hoped that they would lodge him for the winter
b
: to establish or settle in a place
The troops lodged themselves in the town.
2
: to serve as a receptacle for : contain
a sinus lodging the nerve and artery of the part
3
: to beat (a crop) flat to the ground
4
: to bring to an intended or a fixed position (as by throwing or thrusting)
5
: to deposit for safeguard or preservation
agents collect the rent for the land, and lodge it in the bank— G. B. Shaw
6
: to place or vest especially in a source, means, or agent
a small family unit … with formal authority lodged in the father— John Dollard
7
: to lay (something, such as a complaint) before a proper authority : file
the defendant then lodged an appeal— Priscilla Hughes
intransitive verb
1a
: to occupy a place temporarily : sleep
lodged on a cot overnight
b(1)
: to have a residence : dwell
lodged over a bookshop
(2)
: to be a lodger
lodged with them for a year
2
: to come to a rest
the bullet lodged in the wall
3
: to fall or lie down
—used especially of hay or grain crops buckwheat … tends to lodge by late fall— R. E. Trippensee
1
chiefly dialectal
: a rude shelter or abode
2a
: a house set apart for residence in a particular season (such as the hunting season)
b
: a resort hotel : inn
mountain lodges
3a
: a house on an estate originally for the use of a gamekeeper, caretaker, or porter
b
: a shelter for an employee (such as a gatekeeper)
4
: a den or lair especially of gregarious animals (such as beavers)
5a
: the meeting place of a branch of an organization and especially a fraternal organization
a Masonic lodge
b
: the body of members of such a branch
b
: a family of North American Indians
The tribe consisted of about 200 lodges.
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Henry Cabot 1850–1924 American statesman and author
Henry Cabot 1902–1985 grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge American politician and diplomat
Sir Oliver Joseph 1851–1940 English physicist
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