laze

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To be lazy, waste time.

   • Behold by millions how thy men do fall Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe. And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort?
   • And, lastly, such are they; that, having got Wealth, Knowledge, and those other Gifts, which may Advance the Publike-Good, yet, use them not; But Feede, and Sleepe, and laze their time away.
   • But for this anachronism of keeping Saturday holy when you had Sunday also to laze on, Daniel felt a hundred higher careers would have been open to him.
2. 2

   To pass time relaxing

   To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

   • The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.
   • A football game went on beside the line; half the teams just lazed on the grass […]
3. 3

   An instance of lazing.

   • I had a laze on the beach after lunch.
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   1. 4

      Laziness.

      • The laze is real.
   2. 5

      Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.

      • Moreover, dense laze plumes are known to contain as much as 10 to 15ppm of HCl (USGS, 2008).
   3. 6

      A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of languages, spoken in Muli Tibetan…

      A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of languages, spoken in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County western Sichuan, China.

The neighborhood

• synonymidle
• synonymloaf
• synonymtake it easy
• synonymlounge
• synonymwhile away