lounge

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To relax

   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.
   • We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.
   • Everybody knows they have times when they wanna just lay back / Kick their feet up, y'know / Listen to some good music and just lounge / That's right, I said lounge
2. 2

   To walk or go in a leisurely manner.

   • When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.
   • As she lounged past Leila's car she cast an insolent glance at the Irish girl.
3. 3

   A place where one can lounge

   A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.

   • He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.
   • Every search for him was equally unsuccessful, in morning lounges or evening assemblies.
   • One morning she accompanied Madame de Soissons to the fair, then the favourite lounge and amusement. The Comtesse bought every trifle that caught her eye, while Francesca looked on.
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   1. 4

      The act of someone who lounges

      The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.

      • That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.
   2. 5

      A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.

      • Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room
      • Let's go hang out in the lounge.
      • The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
   3. 6

      A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch

      A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.

   4. 7

      A waiting room in an office, airport etc.

   5. 8

      An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music…

      An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.

      • Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub

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