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laze
(lāz)v. lazed, laz·ing, laz·es
v.intr.
To be idle; loaf: laze around the house.
v.tr.
To spend (time) loafing: lazed the afternoon away in a hammock.
[Back-formation from lazy.]
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laze
(leɪz)vb
1. (intr) to be indolent or lazy
2. (often foll by: away) to spend (time) in indolence
n
the act or an instance of idling
[C16: back formation from lazy]
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laze
(leɪz)v. lazed, laz•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to idle or lounge lazily (often fol. by around).
v.t. 2. to pass (time, life, etc.) lazily (usu. fol. by away).
n. 3. a period of indolence.
[1585–95; back formation from lazy]
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laze
Past participle: lazed
Gerund: lazing
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| Verb | 1. | laze - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" ride the bench, warm the bench - be out of the game; "Miller was riding the bench in Saturday's game" moon, daydream - have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming" bum about, bum around, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, loll, bum - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" lie about, lie around - hang around idly; "She did all the work while he lay around" |
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laze
verb
1. idle, lounge, hang around, loaf, stand around, loll Fred lazed in an easy chair.
2. (often with away) kill time, waste time, fritter away, doss (Brit. slang), pass time, while away the hours, veg out (slang, chiefly U.S.), fool away She lazed away most of the morning.
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laze
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Translations
zahálet
laze
[leɪz] VI (also laze about, laze around) → no hacer nada, descansar (pej) → holgazanear, gandulearwe lazed in the sun for a week → pasamos una semana tirados al sol
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laze
[ˈleɪz] vi → paresserFred lazed in an easy chair → Fred paressait dans un fauteuil relax.
laze around
laze about vi → se la couler douceCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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