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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lounge  \Lounge\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lounged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lounging}.]  [OE.  lungis  a  tall,  slow,  awkward  fellow,  OF 
  longis,  longin,  said  to  be  fr  Longinus,  the  name  of  the 
  centurion  who  pierced  the  body  of  Christ,  but  with  reference 
  also  to  L.  longus  long.  Cf  {Long},  a.] 
  To  spend  time  lazily,  whether  lolling  or  idly  sauntering;  to 
  pass  time  indolently;  to  stand  sit  or  recline,  in  an 
  indolent  manner. 
 
  We  lounge  over  the  sciences,  dawdle  through  literature, 
  yawn  over  politics.  --J.  Hannay. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lounge  \Lounge\,  n. 
  1.  An  idle  gait  or  stroll;  the  state  of  reclining  indolently; 
  a  place  of  lounging. 
 
  She  went  with  Lady  Stock  to  a  bookseller's  whose 
  shop  ?erved  as  a  fashionable  lounge.  --Miss 
  Edgeworth. 
 
  2.  A  piece  of  furniture  resembling  a  sofa,  upon  which  one  may 
  lie  or  recline. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lounge 
  n  1:  an  upholstered  seat  for  more  than  one  person  [syn:  {sofa},  {couch}] 
  2:  a  public  waiting  room  (as  in  a  hotel  or  airport)  [syn:  {waiting 
  room},  {waiting  area}] 
  v  1:  sit  or  recline  comfortably;  "He  was  lounging  on  the  sofa" 
  2:  be  about  "The  high  school  students  like  to  loiter  in  the 
  Central  Square";  "Who  is  this  man  that  is  hanging  around 
  the  department?"  [syn:  {loiter},  {footle},  {lollygag},  {loaf}, 
  {lallygag},  {hang  around},  {mess  about},  {tarry},  {linger}, 
  {lurk},  {mill  about},  {mill  around}]




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