lodge

1. 1.

   be a lodger; stay temporarily

   “Where are you lodging in Paris?”

   Broaderpopulate

   Narrowersleep over
2. 2.

   put, fix, force, or implant

   “lodge a bullet in the table”

   “stick your thumb in the crack”

   Synonymswedgestickdeposit

   Antonymsdislodge

   Broaderfasten

   Narrowerredeposit
3. 3.

   file a formal charge against

   “The suspect was charged with murdering his wife”

   Synonymschargefile

   Broaderaccuse

   Narrowerimpeach
4. 4.

   provide housing for

   “We are lodging three foreign students this semester”

   Synonymsaccommodate

   Broaderhouse

   Narrowerbarrackkeepquarter

Other forms of lodge

plural

lodges·

past tense

lodged·

present participle

lodging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lodge

What does lodge mean?

lodge means "English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lodge?

lodge has 1 syllable: lodge. In IPA it is /ˈlɑdʒ/.

What is another word for lodge?

Close synonyms include Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, club, social club, society. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of lodge?

The recorded antonyms are dislodge.

Is lodge a common word?

lodge is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lodge?

1 word rhymes with lodge. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.