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laze
[ leyz ]
verb (used without object)
- to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around ):
I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
verb (used with object)
- to pass (time, life, etc.) lazily (usually followed by away ).
noun
- a period of ease or indolence:
a quiet laze in the hammock.
laze
/ leɪz /
verb
- intr to be indolent or lazy
- troften foll byaway to spend (time) in indolence
noun
- the act or an instance of idling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of laze1
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Example Sentences
Thare aint no proffitt in keeping a hen for his eggs, if he laze less than one a day.
For the present I have no time and no right to laze and enjoy myself.'
Sunshine-and-shadow time for birds to sing by; sunshine-and-shadow time for mortals to laze and dream by.
It was a land to laze in, to do nothing in haste; only the wind stirred it up to a semblance of passion.
"Water enough for him to laze away his time fishin' when he's sober, and deep enough to drown him when he's drunk," said Wingate.
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