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LODGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Synonyms:

auberge; hostel; hostelry; inn; lodge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

hotel (a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lodge"):

caravan inn; caravansary; caravanserai; khan (an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans)

imaret (a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey)

post house; posthouse (an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders)

roadhouse (an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling)

Derivation:

lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various Native American dwellings

Synonyms:

indian lodge; lodge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lodge"):

hogan (a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with the entrance facing east)

teepee; tepee; tipi (a Native American tent; usually of conical shape)

wickiup; wikiup (a lodge consisting of a frame covered with matting or brush; used by nomadic American Indians in the southwestern United States)

wigwam (a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

Synonyms:

hunting lodge; lodge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)

Derivation:

lodge (provide housing for)

lodge (be a lodger; stay temporarily)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

gatehouse (a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A formal association of people with similar interests

Example:

men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today

Synonyms:

club; gild; guild; lodge; order; social club; society

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("lodge" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

Meronyms (members of "lodge"):

club member (someone who is a member of a club)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lodge"):

investors club (a club of small investors who buy and sell securities jointly)

jockey club (a club to promote and regulate horse racing)

racket club (club for players of racket sports)

rowing club (a club for rowers)

slate club (a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas))

sorority (a social club for female undergraduates)

turnverein (a club of tumblers or gymnasts)

boat club; yacht club (club that promotes and supports yachting and boating)

service club (a club of professional or business people organized for their coordination and active in public services)

hunt; hunt club (an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport)

golf club (a club of people to play golf)

glee club (a club organized to sing together)

frat; fraternity (a social club for male undergraduates)

country club (a suburban club for recreation and socializing)

chess club (a club of people to play chess)

chapter (a local branch of some fraternity or association)

bookclub (a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices)

athenaeum; atheneum (a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning)

Sense 6

Meaning:

English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)

Synonyms:

Lodge; Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge; Sir Oliver Lodge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

physicist (a scientist trained in physics)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

File a formal charge against

Example:

The suspect was charged with murdering his wife

Synonyms:

charge; file; lodge

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

impeach (charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

lodgement (bringing a charge or accusation against someone)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put, fix, force, or implant

Example:

stick your thumb in the crack

Synonyms:

deposit; lodge; stick; wedge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

redeposit (deposit anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

dislodge (remove or force out from a position)

Derivation:

lodgement; lodging (the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide housing for

Example:

We are lodging three foreign students this semester

Synonyms:

accommodate; lodge

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

domiciliate; house; put up (provide housing for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

barrack (lodge in barracks)

keep (supply with room and board)

billet; canton; quarter (provide housing for (military personnel))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Also:

lodge in (live (in a certain place))

Derivation:

lodge (a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter)

lodging (the act of lodging)

lodgings (temporary living quarters)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be a lodger; stay temporarily

Example:

Where are you lodging in Paris?

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "lodge" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lodge"):

sleep over; stay over (stay overnight)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

lodge (a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers)

lodge (a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter)

lodger (a tenant in someone's house)

lodging (the act of lodging)

lodgings (temporary living quarters)

Credits

 Context examples: 

When it grew towards evening, the master horse ordered a place for me to lodge in; it was but six yards from the house and separated from the stable of the Yahoos.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

These she also led to rooms, and each one of them found himself lodged in a very pleasant part of the Palace.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“Why, I see a table spread with all kinds of good things, and robbers sitting round it making merry.” “That would be a noble lodging for us,” said the cock.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Specifically, this antibiotic is lodged between 16S rRNA and S12 protein within the 30S subunit.

(Bekanamycin, NCI Thesaurus)

A widow Mrs Smith lodging in Westgate Buildings!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Edward talks of going to Oxford soon, said she; but now he is lodging at No. —, Pall Mall.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I shall let Everingham, and rent a place in this neighbourhood; perhaps Stanwix Lodge.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He recoiled from side to side between the various objects and multiplied the hazards that in reality lodged only in his mind.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Yeehats were dancing about the wreckage of the spruce-bough lodge when they heard a fearful roaring and saw rushing upon them an animal the like of which they had never seen before.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

But you must be aware that when a young lady is (by whatever means) introduced into a dwelling of this kind, she is always lodged apart from the rest of the family.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)