From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Lodge
n 1: English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and
was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940) [syn:
Lodge, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge]
2: a formal association of people with similar interests; "he
joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society";
"men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen
today" [syn: club, society, guild, gild, order]
3: small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country
mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener
4: a small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter [syn:
hunting lodge]
5: any of various native American dwellings [syn: {indian
lodge}]
6: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn:
hostel, hostelry, inn]
v 1: be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in
Paris?"
2: fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn:
wedge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge]
3: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with
murdering his wife" [syn: charge, file]
4: provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students
this semester" [syn: accommodate]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lodge \Lodge\ (l[o^]j), n. [OE. loge, logge, F. loge, LL. laubia
porch, gallery, fr. OHG. louba, G. laube, arbor, bower, fr.
lab foliage. See Leaf, and cf. Lobby, Loggia.]
1. A shelter in which one may rest; as:
(a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge.
--Chaucer.
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Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge
[to build]. --Robert of
Brunne.
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O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! --Cowper.
(b) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or
gatekeeper of an estate. --Shak.
(c) A den or cave.
(d) The meeting room of an association; hence, the
regularly constituted body of members which meets
there; as, a masonic lodge.
(c) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
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2. (Mining) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft,
widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited
for hoisting; -- called also platt. --Raymond.
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3. A collection of objects lodged together.
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The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. --De Foe.
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4. A family of North American Indians, or the persons who
usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of
enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the
tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of
about a thousand individuals.
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Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge.
See Lodge, n., 1
(b) .
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lodge \Lodge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lodged (l[o^]jd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Lodging (l[o^]j"[i^]ng).]
1. To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to
rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to
lodge in York Street. --Chaucer.
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Stay and lodge by me this night. --Shak.
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Something holy lodges in that breast. --Milton.
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2. To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or
beaten down by the wind. --Mortimer.
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3. To come to a rest; to stop and remain; to become stuck or
caught; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree; a
piece of meat lodged in his throat.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lodge \Lodge\, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See
Lodge, n. ]
1. To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a
sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to
receive; to hold.
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Every house was proud to lodge a knight. --Dryden.
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The memory can lodge a greater store of images than
all the senses can present at one time. --Cheyne.
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2. To drive to shelter; to track to covert.
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The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her
covert. --Addison.
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3. To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged
their arms in the arsenal.
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4. To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.
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He lodged an arrow in a tender breast. --Addison.
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5. To lay down; to prostrate.
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Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down.
--Shak.
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6. To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a
court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.
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To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.
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