to lodge

Examples

• All

• After a long day of hiking, we decided to lodge at the local inn.

• I usually lodge in squalid pensioni, different ones every few days.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

  Blog text (10)

• There is much talk about where to lodge them and how to portion out our food.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The government commandeered all the hotel rooms in three counties to lodge the officers.

  Fiction book (1999)

• We'll take this scrapper and the girl here and lodge them at Molly Kay's.

  Far and Away (1992)

• The tourist will therefore lodge in luxury hotels, eat in the best restaurants, have particular evenings organized for him, and gadgets will be offered to everybody, while always remembering that everything is offered to him by his firm.

  Blog text (31)

• According to popular lore, Reagan always seemed to have had a strong sense of "right and wrong," and often brought African-Americans who weren't allowed to stay in the local inn back to his home, where his family would lodge them for the night.

  Blog text (14)

• The volunteers will lodge in a nearby community center while helping with the event.

Synonyms

S

to stay at

vsto lodge

450 2.0

To live somewhere for a short time, like a hotel or a friend's house

can also mean to provide temporary accommodation rather than only reside

A

to accommodate

vsto lodge

84 6.8

Have enough space for people or things

can also mean to occupy or use temporary accommodation rather than provide

R

to room

vsto lodge

• US

21 3.4

Live in a home and share it, usually paying rent

is broader, covering general temporary staying or providing space

L

to lodge in

vsto lodge

15 3.7

To stay in a place often for a short time

can also mean to provide temporary accommodation for others

Antonyms

E

to evacuate

344 4.1

To move people out of a place because it is dangerous, for example during a fire

Phrasal Verbs

L

to lodge in

15 3.7

To stay in a place often for a short time

Compounds

H

hunting lodge

4 4.5

A small house or cabin in the countryside where people stay while hunting

S

ski lodge

• UK

4 3.2

A building near ski slopes where people stay and warm up

M

motor lodge

• US

2 3.6

A small hotel by a road with parking spaces in front of rooms

I

Indian lodge

• Archaic

8.2

A traditional home used by some Native American groups like a tepee or wigwam

S

shooting lodge

• Archaic

7.4

A small house in the country where hunters stay during hunting season

How Long

to settle

463 2.5

to reside

91 3.0

to stay

∞ 1.0

to lodge

3 4.4

to drop in

• Informal

72 3.6

Surface Forms

Etymology