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lodge

  [loj] noun, verb, lodged, lodg⋅ing.
–noun
1. a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
2. a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season.
3. a summer cottage.
4. a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee.
5. a resort hotel, motel, or inn.
6. the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like.
7. the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations.
8. the members composing the branch: The lodge is planning a picnic.
9. any of various North American Indian dwellings, as a tepee or long house. Compare earth lodge.
10. the Indians who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians.
11. the home of a college head at Cambridge University, England.
12. the den of an animal or group of animals, esp. beavers.
–verb (used without object)
13. to have a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn: We lodged in a guest house.
14. to live in rented quarters in another's house: He lodged with a local family during his college days.
15. to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick: The bullet lodged in his leg.
–verb (used with object)
16. to furnish with a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily; accommodate: Can you lodge us for the night?
17. to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger: a boardinghouse that lodges oil workers.
18. to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter: The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay.
19. to put, store, or deposit, as in a place, for storage or keeping; stow: to lodge one's valuables in a hotel safe.
20. to bring or send into a particular place or position.
21. to house or contain: The spinal canal lodges and protects the spinal cord.
22. to vest (power, authority, etc.).
23. to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority.
24. to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm: A sudden hail had lodged the crops.
25. to track (a deer) to its lair.
Use lodge in a Sentence
Origin:
1175–1225; ME logge < OF loge < ML laubia, lobia; see lobby

Related forms:
lodge⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
8. club, association, society. 16. house, quarter. 20. place, set, plant, settle.
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Lodge

  [loj]
–noun
1. Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
2. his grandson, Henry Cabot, Jr., 1902–85, U.S. journalist, statesman, and diplomat.
3. Sir Oliver Joseph, 1851–1940, English physicist and writer.
4. Thomas, 1558?–1625, English poet and dramatist.
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lodge   (lŏj)   
n.  

    1. A cottage or cabin, often rustic, used as a temporary abode or shelter: a ski lodge.

    2. A small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper.

    3. An inn.

    4. Any of various Native American dwellings, such as a hogan, wigwam, or longhouse.

    5. The group living in such a dwelling.

    6. A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.

    7. The meeting hall of such a chapter.

    8. The members of such a chapter.

    1. Any of various Native American dwellings, such as a hogan, wigwam, or longhouse.

    2. The group living in such a dwelling.

    3. A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.

    4. The meeting hall of such a chapter.

    5. The members of such a chapter.

    1. A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.

    2. The meeting hall of such a chapter.

    3. The members of such a chapter.

  4. The den of certain animals, such as the dome-shaped structure built by beavers.

v.   lodged, lodg·ing, lodg·es

v.   tr.

    1. To provide with temporary quarters, especially for sleeping: lodges travelers in the shed.

    2. To rent a room to.

    3. To place or establish in quarters: lodged the children with relatives after the fire.

  2. To serve as a depository for; contain: This cellar lodges our oldest wines.

  3. To place, leave, or deposit, as for safety: documents lodged with a trusted associate.

  4. To fix, force, or implant: lodge a bullet in a wall.

  5. To register (a charge or complaint, for example) before an authority, such as a court; file.

  6. To vest (authority, for example).

  7. To beat (crops) down flat: rye lodged by the cyclone.

v.   intr.

    1. To live in a place temporarily.

    2. To rent accommodations, especially for sleeping.

  2. To be or become embedded: The ball lodged in the fence.


[Middle English, from Old French loge, of Germanic origin.]
Lodge   (lŏj)   
American politician. As Senate majority leader (1918-1924) and head of the foreign relations committee (1918-1924) he successfully opposed United States membership in the League of Nations.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. 1902-1985.  
American politician and diplomat. He was Richard Nixon's running mate in the 1960 presidential election and later served as ambassador to South Vietnam (1963-1967).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

lodge  (n.)
1231, from O.Fr. loge "arbor, covered walk" (Mod.Fr. "hut, cabin, lodge box at a theater"), from Frank. *laubja "shelter" (cognate with O.H.G. louba "porch, gallery," Ger. Laube "bower, arbor"), likely originally "shelter of foliage," from the root of leaf. "Hunter's cabin" sense is first recorded 1465. Sense of "local branch of a society" is first recorded 1686, from 14c. logge "workshop of masons." The verb is c.1225, "to stay in a lodge, to put someone up in a lodge," from O.Fr. logier, from loge. Sense of "to get a thing in the intended place, to make something stick" is from 1611.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Lodge

a shed for a watchman in a garden (Isa. 1:8). The Hebrew name _melunah_ is rendered "cottage" (q.v.) in Isa. 24:20. It also denotes a hammock or hanging-bed.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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