lodge

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

lodge, 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.].

•  A shelter in which one may rest;  [1913 Webster]

  "Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]."  [1913 Webster]

  "O for a lodge in some vast wilderness!"
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A collection of objects lodged together.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

Lodge gate, a park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b).

lodge, v. i. 

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Stay and lodge by me this night."  [1913 Webster]

  "Something holy lodges in that breast."  [1913 Webster]
•  To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.  Mortimer.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

lodge, v. t. [OE. loggen, OF. logier, F. loger. See Lodge, n. ].

•  To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.  [1913 Webster]

  "Every house was proud to lodge a knight."  [1913 Webster]

  "The memory can lodge a greater store of images than all the senses can present at one time."  [1913 Webster]
•  To drive to shelter; to track to covert.  [1913 Webster]

  "The deer is lodged; I have tracked her to her covert."  [1913 Webster]
•  To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.  [1913 Webster]

  "He lodged an arrow in a tender breast."  [1913 Webster]
•  To lay down; to prostrate.  [1913 Webster]

  "Though bladed corn be lodged, and trees blown down."  [1913 Webster]
•  To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.  [PJC]

To lodge an information, to enter a formal complaint.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lodge, n. & v.
--n.
1 a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, etc.
2 any large house or hotel, esp. in a resort.
3 a house occupied in the hunting or shooting season.
4 a a porter's room or quarters at the gate of a college or other large building. b the residence of a head of a college, esp. at Cambridge.
5 the members or the meeting-place of a branch of a society such as the Freemasons.
6 a local branch of a trade union.
7 a beaver's or otter's lair.
8 a N. American Indian's tent or wigwam.
--v.
1 tr. deposit in court or with an official a formal statement of (complaint or information).
2 tr. deposit (money etc.) for security.
3 tr. bring forward (an objection etc.).
4 tr. (foll. by in, with) place (power etc.) in a person or group.
5 tr. & intr. make or become fixed or caught without further movement (the bullet lodged in his brain; the tide lodges mud in the cavities).
6 tr. a provide with sleeping quarters. b receive as a guest or inmate. c establish as a resident in a house or room or rooms.
7 intr. reside or live, esp. as a guest paying for accommodation.
8 tr. serve as a habitation for; contain.
9 tr. (in passive; foll. by in) be contained in.
10 a tr. (of wind or rain) flatten (crops). b intr. (of crops) be flattened in this way.

Etymology

ME loge f. OF loge arbour, hut, f. med.L laubia, lobia (see LOBBY) f. Gmc

THESAURUS

lodge

Dymaxion house, White House, abide, accept, accommodate, admit, adobe house, affiliate, arm, bank, bed, berth, bestow, billet, blockhouse, board, box, branch, branch office, bring forward, building, bundle away, bungalow, bunk, burrow, cabin, caboose, cache, camp, casa, catch, cave, chalet, chapter, cliff dwelling, coffer, cohabit, confirm, consulate, contain, cot, cote, cottage, couch, country house, country seat, covert, dacha, deanery, deep-dye, define, den, deposit, division, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dwell, dwelling house, earth, edifice, embassy, embed, engraft, engrave, enter, entertain, entrench, erection, establish, etch, fabric, farm, farmhouse, file, fix, form, found, furnish accommodations, gatehouse, ground, hall, hang out, harbor, hold, hole, hospice, hostel, hostelry, house, houseboat, hut, hutch, impact, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, inhabit, inn, inscribe, jam, lair, lake dwelling, lay, lay away, lay down, lay in, lay in store, live, living machine, local, log cabin, love nest, manor house, manse, mew, nest, occupy, offshoot, organ, pack, pack away, parsonage, penthouse, perch, pied-a-terre, plant, post, prefabricated house, presidential palace, print, public house, put away, put down, put up, quarter, ranch house, receive, record, rectory, register, remain, repose, reposit, reservoir, reside, rest, roadhouse, roof, room, roost, root, run, salt away, salt down, seat, set, set down, set forth, set in, set out, settle, shack, shanty, shelter, skyscraper, snuggery, sod house, split-level, squat, stable, stamp, stash, stay, stereotype, stick, stick fast, stop, store, store away, stow, stow away, stow down, strike root, structure, submit, take, take in, take root, tavern, tenant, town house, tunnel, vicarage, warehouse, wedge, wing

ROGET THESAURUS

lodge

Location

VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.

Presence

VB exist in space, be present, assister, make one of, make one at, look on, attend, remain, find oneself, present oneself, show one's face, fall in the way of, occur in a place, lie, stand, occupy, be there, people, inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch, take up one's abode, tenant, resort to, frequent, haunt, revisit, fill, pervade, permeate, be diffused, be disseminated, be through, over spread, overrun, run through, meet one at every turn.

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.