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laze

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laze  (lz)
v. lazed, laz·ing, laz·es
v.intr.
To be lazy; loaf: laze around the house.
v.tr.
To spend (time) loafing: lazed the afternoon away in a hammock.

[Back-formation from lazy.]

laze
Verb
[lazing, lazed]
1. to be idle or lazy
2. (often foll. by away)to spend (time) in idleness
Noun
time spent lazing [from lazy]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.laze - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
moon around, moon on, moon - be idle in a listless or dreamy way
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, frig around, fuck off, loaf, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, arse about, arse around, bum, loll - 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"

laze
verb 1. idle, lounge, hang around, loaf, stand around, loll
verb 2. (often with away) kill time, waste time, fritter away, pass time, while away the hours, veg out (slang), chiefly U.S. fool away
Translations
Spanish laze [leɪz] vino hacer nada;
(pej) → holgazanear

French laze [leɪz] viparesser
German laze [leɪz] vi (also: laze about) → (herum)faulenzen
Italian laze [leɪz] vioziare

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It wasn't a sense of duty; they all knew well enough how to shirk, and laze, and dodge--when they had a mind to it--and mostly they had.
I had rather laze about and think of all the fine things that can be done.
 
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