lodge
verbEtymology From Middle English logge, from Old French loge (“an arbour, a covered walk-way”). See also Medieval Latin lobia, laubia; also Old High German louba (“a porch, a gallery”) (German Laube (“bower, arbor”)), Old High German loub (“leaf, foliage”), Old English lēaf (“leaf, foliage”). Doublet of loggia and lobby.
10 senses
- 1To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
- 2To firmly fix in a specified position.
- 3To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident…
- 4To stay in any place or shelter.
- 5To drive (an animal) to covert.
- 6To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- 7To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- 8To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities…
- 9To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown…
- 10To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
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.
- Stay and lodge by me this night.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- Something holy lodges in that breast.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
1 more example
- It then becomes necessary for the men to lodge away from home, and at places on the system where large numbers require accommodation regularly, the L.M.S.R. maintains 43 permanent staff hostels.1947 March and April, “L.M.S.R. Hostels for Trainmen”, in Railway Magazine, page 75:
To drive (an animal) to covert.
- This is the time that the horseman are flung out, not having the cry to lead them to the death. When quadruped animals of the venery or hunting kind are at rest, the stag is said to be harboured, the buck lodged, the fox kennelled, the badger earthed, the otter vented or watched, the hare formed, and the rabbit set. When you find and rouse up the stag and buck, they are said to be imprimed: […]1819, John Mayer, The Sportsman's Directory, or Park and Gamekeeper's Companion:
To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
Government, Law, Politics To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- to lodge a complaint
- Powers that are lodged with the cabinet.
2 more examples
- He [Harry Maguire] maintains his innocence and has lodged an appeal—which means a retrial and the conviction being set aside in the meantime—[…].2020 October 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-1 Denmark: 'Harry Maguire looked devoid of confidence in Nations League loss'”, in BBC Sport:
- MPs have moved to lodge a parliamentary motion to strip Prince Andrew of his dukedom, in a rarely permitted move in the Commons. […] On Tuesday, the SNP lodged an early-day motion (EDM) to formally remove Prince Andrew’s title as Duke of York, which he has said he will no longer use.2025 October 21, Jessica Elgot, “MPs move to lodge parliamentary motion to strip Prince Andrew of dukedom”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
- The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge.
To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.