Lounge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lounge	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lounge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lounge n an upholstered seat for more than one person [syn: sofa, couch, lounge] a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait Synonym(s): lounge, waiting room, waiting area v sit or recline comfortably; "He was lounging on the sofa" be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" Synonym(s): loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
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.