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[Lodge]

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

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

Noun
a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

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any of various native American dwellings

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a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

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

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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"

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

Verb
file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

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fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"

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provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"

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be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?"

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

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

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A den or cave.

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

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The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.

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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.

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A collection of objects lodged together.

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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.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

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

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

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To drive to shelter; to track to covert.

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

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To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.

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To lay down; to prostrate.

Lodge

Lodge , n. [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr. lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.] 1. A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. Chaucer.
Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build].
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness!
(b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. Shak. (c) A den or cave. (d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge. (c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. 2. (Mining) 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. Raymond. 3. A collection of objects lodged together.
The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands.
4. 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. Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b).

Lodge

Lodge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lodging .] 1. 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. Chaucer.
Stay and lodge by me this night.
Something holy lodges in that breast.
. 2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind. Mortimer. 3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree.

Lodge

Lodge, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ] 1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.
Every house was proud to lodge a knight.
The memory can lodge a greater stone of images that all the senses can present at one time.
2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert.
3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal. 4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
He lodged an arrow in a tender breast.
5. To lay down; to prostrate.
Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.
To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.

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

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.

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

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Usage Examples

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.