lodge1 verblodge2 noun
lodgelodge1 /lɒdʒ $ lɑːdʒ/ ●○○ verb 
VERB TABLE
lodge
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | lodge |
| he, she, it | lodges | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lodged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lodged |
| he, she, it | has lodged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lodged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lodge |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lodged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am lodging |
| he, she, it | is lodging | |
| you, we, they | are lodging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was lodging |
| you, we, they | were lodging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lodging |
| he, she, it | has been lodging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lodging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lodging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lodging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- His wife and kids were forced to lodge with friends until they found a place of their own.
- Kim lodged with a local family the summer she studied in Paris.
- Mrs Gould and her niece are lodging in the Rising Sun.
- This building was used to lodge prisoners of war.
- A mood of pessimism had lodged in him.
- A raisin lodged unattractively between Heather's front teeth but I chose not to tell her about it.
- Go and see the plans for any new development if they have been lodged as a formal application.
- Nurses lodge 10 Nurses are on a collision course with the Government after lodging a claim for a ten percent pay rise.
- Opponents to the opt-out now have a chance to lodge objections to the Education Secretary.
- Protests were lodged by Tyrrell, Fittipaldi's Copersucar team and, most urgently, by Ferrari.
Longman Language Activatorto say that you are annoyed or not satisfied about something
to say that you are annoyed and not satisfied about something or someone: · We had to remove the advertisement because so many people complained.· Residents are complaining because traffic in the area has increased.complain about: · Their neighbours complained about their constant loud music.complain that: · Jenny's always complaining that her boss gives her too much work.complain to: · If the hotel isn't satisfactory, you should complain to the Tourist Office.constantly complain: · He constantly complains about how he's treated at work.complain bitterly (=complain very strongly): · Workers who had lost their jobs complained bitterly about the way they had been treated.
to formally complain about something to someone in authority: · Write to this address if you wish to make a complaint.make a complaint to: · Parents made a complaint to the principal about bullying in the school.
British /file a complaint American to make an official complaint, usually in writing, to someone in authority: · She went to the city council and lodged a complaint.lodge a complaint with: · The company said it plans to file a complaint with the International Trade Commission.lodge a complaint against: · Conyers said she had been blocked from promotion after filing a complaint against a male co-worker.
to complain about something, especially publicly or officially, because you are annoyed or think it is unfair: · He was carried away in a police van, protesting loudly.protest about: · Passengers protested angrily about increased rail fares.protest to: · The journalists have protested to government officials about the way they were treated.protest (that): · Dan protested it wasn't him who had caused the problems.protest your innocence (=say that you are innocent): · Mills, who has been in prison since 1987, has always protested his innocence.
to say that you do not agree with something or you do not approve of it, because it annoys you or offends you: · "My name's not Sonny," the child objected.object to: · Does anyone object to these proposals?object if: · Will she object if I use her laptop?
to speak or write to someone in authority complaining about something: · I told her she should take it up with her local council.· Alton said he was prepared to take the matter up with the Ministry of Health if necessary.
to talk about the things you are unhappy or annoyed about, especially in public to people in authority so that they can do something about them: · The meeting gave employees an opportunity to air their grievances.· The uprising at Southport prison ended after inmates were allowed to air their grievances to the media.
to stay in someone's house or at a hotel to spend a few days, weeks etc at someone else's house or at a hotel, but not live there permanently: · Where in New Hampshire were you staying?· How long are you staying?stay (for) a few months/two weeks etc: · I was having such a good time in Paris that I phoned my mother to say I was staying another week.stay at/in: · I stayed at my brother's house for a couple of weeks.· Which hotel are you staying at?stay with (=stay at someone's house): · You could stay with John and Anne while you're in London.stay the night/stay over/stay overnight British (=sleep at someone else's house): · Is it all right if I stay the night?· You can stay over, Gail, if it would help.come to stay: · One of Sarah's friends is coming to stay with us this summer.
also visit with American to go to the house of a friend or relative and stay there for some time, because you want to see them: · I went to visit her last winter and I really had a great time.· How much do you visit with your Mom and Dad while you're here?· So are you just visiting friends out here or something?· She sent me some photographs of when she visited in December.
to stay in a room in a family house or in a house where other people have rooms, and where some or all of your meals are provided: · Phoebe boards here during the week and goes home at weekends.board with: · I boarded with the Jansens until I found a place of my own.
British if you lodge in someone's house or in a hotel, you pay money to stay there: lodge in/at/with: · Mrs Gould and her niece are lodging in the Rising Sun.· His wife and kids were forced to lodge with friends until they found a place of their own.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Mr Kelly has lodged a formal complaint against the police.
(=make an appeal)· Mr Sarhadi, who has lived here for three years, has lodged an appeal against extradition.
(=is stuck in that part of the body)· Surgeons are trying to remove a bullet lodged in his neck.
formal (=make a complaint)· She filed a complaint against several of her colleagues.
Mr Kelly has lodged a formal complaint against the police. (=formally make an objection)· Residents have lodged an objection to the new development.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· As a precaution, the Jarrett's accountant lodged a formal appeal.· Hakkar lodged an appeal, which was turned down.· Twenty years later he decided to lodge an Entitlement Appeal against the decision, and nominated the Association to represent him.· The Wimbledon midfield player officially lodged an appeal with the Football Association against his £20,000 fine and six-month suspended ban.· Mr Fitzgerald immediately lodged an appeal.· In other cases it means the period during which an appeal can be lodged.· Ceausescu's lawyers immediately lodged an appeal against the verdict.
· Go and see the plans for any new development if they have been lodged as a formal application.· The partners in the development have started a public consultation process ahead of lodging the planning application.· Ocean has lodged planning applications for a waste-to-energy facility in south London and a toxic waste incinerator near Middlesbrough.· Such a ban would make the government liable to massive compensation to the 20,000 speculators who have already lodged planning applications.· If two people are struck by the same brainwave, it will belong to the one who lodges a patent application first.
· In 1989 the board and lodging allowance varied from £140 to £230 a week depending upon the category of resident.
· Nurses lodge 10 Nurses are on a collision course with the Government after lodging a claim for a ten percent pay rise.· Guppy and Marsh, having lodged their bogus insurance claim, flew back to New York on Concorde.· Pamela Baptiste, a former consular officer at the high commission in St Lucia, has lodged a claim of unfair dismissal.· He points out that customers must first complain to the Tessa provider before lodging a claim with the ombudsman.· Stoke have lodged a counter claim, alleging failure to repay loans.
· But her family have now lodged a formal complaint with the Police Complaints Authority which is to investigate.· Keenan certainly bided his time before coming forward to lodge his complaints.· If Sidacai cared to lodge a formal complaint, the jailers would suffer punishment. probably he would not complain.· She agrees to go the city council and lodge a complaint.· A NORTH-EAST woman has lodged a complaint after an ambulance took almost an hour to arrive at an accident.· They've lodged an official complaint against the police, who they say were treating the case as suicide.· The couple have lodged an official complaint against Gloucestershire police.· When the public prosecutor appealed against that ruling, Pasko lodged a complaint in an attempt to clear his name.
· These travellers normally require food, lodging, hospitality and service of a good standard.· Thirty-five dollars per day per person includes all his services as well as food, lodging and trekking permits.· This Sunday everyone is worried because the Pastor has just given Mrs Cigans a bill for food and lodging.· She turned into an expert at coaxing food and lodging invitations out of perfect strangers.
· The second might be found in greater numbers among the inhabitants of lodging houses in great cities.· There was a small hotel, or lodging house.· Back once more, Vincent moved to another village, Cuesmes, where he lodged in a house divided in two.· As a punitive measure, the mayor closed black lodging houses and hotels at public insistence.· His vision included slum brigades, lodging houses, eating houses, legal aid and the first labour exchange.· The Abbey's property consisted largely of lodging houses in Crown Street, interspersed with public houses, stables and workshops.· These might include some bed and breakfast hotels, lodging houses or certain types of hostel.
· The change of heart followed an outcry by the public who lodged objections to the scheme.· No objections have been received and the period for lodging objections has now elapsed.· Opponents to the opt-out now have a chance to lodge objections to the Education Secretary.
· This prompted the Foreign Ministry in Bonn to lodge a protest with the Czechoslovak ambassador.· When Mansell then returned to the Williams garage and asked the team to lodge a protest, his request was refused.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1lodge a complaint/protest/appeal etc British English to make a formal or official complaint, protest etclodge with- A NORTH-EAST woman has lodged a complaint after an ambulance took almost an hour to arrive at an accident.
- Ceausescu's lawyers immediately lodged an appeal against the verdict.
- Hakkar lodged an appeal, which was turned down.
- Mr Fitzgerald immediately lodged an appeal.
- She agrees to go the city council and lodge a complaint.
- The Wimbledon midfield player officially lodged an appeal with the Football Association against his £20,000 fine and six-month suspended ban.
- This prompted the Foreign Ministry in Bonn to lodge a protest with the Czechoslovak ambassador.
- When the public prosecutor appealed against that ruling, Pasko lodged a complaint in an attempt to clear his name.
He lodged an appeal with the High Court.lodge against They lodged a complaint against the doctor for negligence.2become stuck [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to become firmly stuck somewhere, or to make something become stuck OPP dislodgelodge in The fishbone lodged in her throat.be lodged in/between/behind etc something The bullet was lodged in his spine.GRAMMAR Lodge is usually passive when used as a transitive verb.3put somebody somewhere [transitive] to provide someone with a place to stay for a short time: a building used to lodge prisoners of warlodge somebody in/at something The refugees were lodged in old army barracks.4put something somewhere [transitive] British English formal to put something important in an official place so that it is safelodge something with somebody Be sure to lodge a copy of the contract with your solicitor.lodge something in something The money was lodged in a Swiss bank account.5stay somewhere [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] old-fashioned to pay to live in a room in someone’s houselodge at/with etc John lodged with a family in Bristol when he first started work.lodge1 verblodge2 noun
lodgelodge2 ●○○ noun [countable] WORD ORIGINlodge2
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French loge ‘small building’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a Masonic lodge
- a ski lodge
- Lake Star Lodge has rooms for a reasonable price.
- Apaches from four reservations constructed several structures: a ramada, a sweat lodge and a wickiup covered with bunched yucca strips.
- For the isolated detached property, situated in a few acres of land, is a cemetery lodge.
- He made everything you see, the Tuthanach, the lodge ... the totems.
- She brushed by him and dashed up the stairs of the lodge.
- The lodge itself, he said, was nothing fancy.
- There was a bell-pull connected up to a small porter's lodge inside.
WORD SETS
adjoin, verbalcove, nounantechamber, nounanteroom, nounapartment block, nounapse, nounarcade, nounart gallery, nounatrium, nounattic, nounauditorium, nounawning, nounback door, nounback-to-back, nounbailey, nounbalcony, nounbalustrade, nounbanister, nounbarn, nounbasilica, nounbastion, nounbay window, nounblock, nounbrownstone, nounbungalow, nounbunkhouse, nounbyre, nouncabin, nouncampanile, nouncanteen, nouncarport, nouncasement, nouncastle, nounceiling, nouncellar, nouncentre, nounchalet, nounchamber, nounchancel, nounchanging room, nounchateau, nounchimney, nounchimney breast, nounchimney pot, nounchimney stack, nouncladding, nounclerk of works, nouncloakroom, nouncloister, nounclubhouse, nouncoatroom, nouncocktail lounge, nouncolonnade, nouncolumn, nouncommon room, nouncomplex, nouncompound, nounconcourse, nouncondominium, nounconservatory, nounconvent, nouncoping, nouncornerstone, nouncorn exchange, nouncorridor, nouncottage, nouncountry house, nouncountry seat, nouncourthouse, nouncowshed, noundado, noundance hall, noundetached, adjectivedoor, noundoorpost, noundormer, nounedifice, nounentry, nounentryway, nounestate, nounestate agent, nounextension, nouneyrie, nounfacade, nounfallout shelter, nounfamily room, nounfarmhouse, nounfire door, nounfire escape, nounfire station, nounfitment, nounfixture, nounflatlet, nounflight, nounfloor, nounfolly, nounforecourt, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoyer, nounfrontage, nounfront room, nounfuneral home, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegargoyle, noungrandstand, noungrange, noungranny flat, noungrille, nounground floor, nounguardhouse, nounguesthouse, nounguildhall, noungutter, nounguttering, noungym, noungymnasium, nounhabitation, nounhall, nounhallway, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhayloft, nounhealth centre, nounhigh-rise, adjectivehospice, nounhospital, nounlaboratory, nounlanding, nounleaded lights, nounlean-to, nounledge, nounlightning conductor, nounlintel, nounlobby, nounlodge, nounloft, nounlog cabin, nounlounge, nounlouvre, nounmaisonette, nounmezzanine, nounmilking parlour, nounmoving staircase, nounmullion, nounnave, nounniche, nounoast house, nounobelisk, nounoffice building, nounoratory, nounoutbuilding, nounouthouse, nounoverhang, nounparapet, nounparty wall, nounpediment, nounpenthouse, nounperistyle, nounpicture window, nounpilaster, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplatform, nounplumber, nounplumbing, nounpodium, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounpotting shed, nounpresbytery, nounpress gallery, nounprivy, nounpublic convenience, nounpyramid, nounrafter, nounrail, nounrampart, nounribbon development, nounrotunda, nounsanctuary, nounschoolhouse, nounscience park, nounsepulchre, nounservice charge, nounshack, nounshed, nounshop front, nounskylight, nounskyscraper, nounsliding door, nounsmokestack, nounsmoking room, nounspiral staircase, nounspire, nounsports centre, nounstack, nounstadium, nounstair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstall, nounstately home, nounstateroom, nounstation, nounsteeple, nounstep, nounstonework, nounstoop, nounstoreroom, nounstorm cellar, nounstory, nounstudio, nountenement, nountepee, nounterrace, nountheatre, nountoilet, nountool shed, nountower block, nountown hall, nountownhouse, nountransept, nountransom, nountrapdoor, nountreasury, nounturret, nounvault, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounventilator, nounvestibule, nounvilla, nounwalkway, nounwall, nounwatchtower, nounwater tower, nounweatherboard, nounwedding chapel, nounwing, nounwoodshed, nounworkhouse, nounworkroom, nounworkshop, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Mr Kelly has lodged a formal complaint against the police.
1a small house on the land of a large country house, usually at the main entrance gate2a room or small building at the entrance to a college, institution etc for someone whose job is to watch who enters and leaves: (=make an appeal)· Mr Sarhadi, who has lived here for three years, has lodged an appeal against extradition.
(=is stuck in that part of the body)· Surgeons are trying to remove a bullet lodged in his neck.
formal (=make a complaint)· She filed a complaint against several of her colleagues.
Mr Kelly has lodged a formal complaint against the police. (=formally make an objection)· Residents have lodged an objection to the new development.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Tradition claims that King John used it as hunting lodge.· For example, Miss Cunnington cites a small house at Pamphill, Dorset, which may have once been a fourteenth-century hunting lodge.· Bedrooms are tastefully furnished and combine all modern comforts and facilities with the gracious style of a Tyrolean hunting lodge.· Alternatively, join us for an optional excursion to Vienna Woods, including a trip to the hunting lodge at Mayerling.
· They blended in like Dolly Parton in a Masonic lodge.· Friends from the masonic lodge whose Master he had been.
NOUN· A large iron gateway sagged permanently open, beside a lodge house and a cattle grid.· A small lodge house that used to be some sort of appendage of Burnage Court is currently for sale through Hamptons.
· Apaches from four reservations constructed several structures: a ramada, a sweat lodge and a wickiup covered with bunched yucca strips.
VERB· The Guinness family, the last owners of the estate, had also built a fanciful fishing lodge beside the castle.
the porter’s lodge3a house or hotel in the country or mountains where people can stay when they want to go hunting, shooting etc4a local meeting place for some organizations, or the group of people who belong to one of these organizations: He was a member of a Masonic lodge.5a beaver’s home6American English a traditional home of Native Americans, or the group of people that live in it- Commons
- common sense
- Commonwealth
- Commonwealth Games
- commotion
- comms
- communal
- commune
- communicable
- communicant
- communicate
- communication
- communication cord
- communications satellite
- communicative
- communicator
- communion
- communiqué
- communism
- communist
- Communist bloc
- Communist Manifesto, The
- Communist Party
- community
- community centre