laze (redirected from lazing)

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.

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[Back-formation from lazy.]

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laze [leɪz]

vb

1. (intr) to be indolent or lazy

2. (tr; often foll by away) to spend (time) in indolence

n

the act or an instance of idling

[back formation from lazy]

Thesaurus

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" idle, slug, stagnate 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"

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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.

Translations

laze [leɪz] VI (also laze about, laze around) → no hacer nada, descansar (pej) → holgazanear, gandulear
we lazed in the sun for a week → pasamos una semana tirados al sol

laze [ˈleɪz] vi → paresser
Fred lazed in an easy chair → Fred paressait dans un fauteuil relax.

laze around

laze about vi → se la couler douce

laze

n to have a long laze in bed → lange faul im Bett (liegen) bleiben

vi → faulenzen

laze [leɪz] vi (also laze around or about) → oziare

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laze [leɪz] vi (also laze around or about) → oziare