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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lounge

/(lounj)/ · IPA /laʊnd͡ʒ/
01 v. i. To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
imp. & p. p. Lounged; p. pr. & vb. n. Lounging
  1. 1.
    To spend time lazily, whether lolling or idly sauntering; to pass time indolently; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
    “We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.” — J. Hannay.
02 n. An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.
  1. 1.
    An idle gait or stroll; the state of reclining indolently; a place of lounging.
    “She went with Lady Stock to a bookseller's whose shop served as a fashionable lounge.” — Miss Edgeworth.
  2. 2.
    A piece of furniture resembling a sofa, upon which one may lie or recline.