lodging
noun
- place to live
- agricultural term, bending over of the stems near ground level of crops
- industry and type of residential accommodation
- The act of filing a complaint
- reside (temporarily?), residing (not the place resided)
- put firmly
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪŋ/ / /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Frankish *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -ing English lodging From lodge + -ing.
- A place to live or lodge.
- Sleeping accommodation.
“When I was a Cloister-monk, I was once sent to Durham on business of our Church; and coming home again, the dark night caught me at Risby, and I had to beg a lodging there.”
- Furnished rooms in a house rented as accommodation.
- The condition of a plant, especially a cereal, that has been flattened in the field or damaged so that it cannot stand upright, as by weather conditions or because the stem is not strong enough to support the plant.
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der.? Proto-Germanic *laubą Frankish *laub Proto-Germanic *-jô Frankish *-jō Frankish *laubijābor. Early Medieval Latin laubiader. Old French logebor. Middle English logge English lodge English -ing English lodging From lodge + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of lodge