lounge
[verb]
Synonyms: relax, laze, lie about, loaf, loiter, loll, sprawl, take it easy

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Related Words: drift, vegetate, dally, slack, lie, lie down, recline

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English Thesaurus: sit, sit down, be seated, take a seat, sink into something, ...

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I. lounge¹ S3 /laʊndʒ/ noun [countable]

1. a waiting room at an airport:
the departure lounge

2. a public room in a hotel or other building, that is used by many people as a place to relax:
the television lounge

3. British English the main room in a house where people relax, watch television etc Synonym : living room

4. British English a lounge bar

5. American English a cocktail bar
⇒ cocktail lounge, sun lounge

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II. lounge² verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps copying slow movement]

1. [always + adverb/preposition] to stand, sit, or lie in a lazy or relaxed way:
Nathan was lounging on the grass bank outside the cottage.

2. lounge around (also lounge about British English) to spend time relaxing and doing nothing, often when you should be doing something Synonym : laze around:
James does nothing but lounge around the apartment.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lounge
noun
I. room in a house/hotel
ADJ. bar, cocktail, coffee, reception, sun, television/TV | attractive, comfortable, cosy, elegant, pleasant, spacious | attractively-furnished, comfortably-furnished, etc. | communal | hotel | guest
LOUNGE + NOUN area, bar
PREP. in a/the ~

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lounge
II. room at an airport
ADJ. airport | arrivals, departure | passenger, VIP
PREP. in a/the ~

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sit to be resting your weight on your bottom somewhere, or to move into this position:
He was sitting in front of the fire.
She sat on the bed and kicked off her shoes.
Who is the man sitting next to Karen?
sit down to sit on a chair, bed, floor etc after you have been standing:
I sat down on the sofa.
Come in and sit down.
be seated formal to be sitting in a particular chair or place:
John was seated on my left.
There was a man seated behind the desk.
take a seat to sit – used especially when asking someone to sit down:
Please take a seat – she will be with you in a minute.
Would the audience please take their seats – the show will begin in five minutes.
sink into something to sit in a comfortable chair and let yourself fall back into it:
We switched on the TV and sank into our armchairs.
lounge to sit in a very comfortable relaxed way:
They lounged around all day by the pool.
perch to sit on the edge of something:
He perched on the arm of the sofa.
My sister was perched (=was sitting) on a high stool.
be slumped to be sitting while leaning against something, especially because you are injured, drunk, or asleep:
They found him slumped against the steering wheel.
squat to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet:
A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.

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