Lounging

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lounge \Lounge\ (lounj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lounged} (lounjd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Lounging} (loun"j[i^]ng).] [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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature,
           yawn over politics.                      --J. Hannay.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lounging
       adj : lying in a relaxed manner [syn: {lolling}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "lounging":
     accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchant, couche, crawling,
     dallying, dawdling, decumbency, decumbent, dillydallying,
     dolce far niente, draped, flat, goofing off, groveling, idling,
     lazing, lingering, loafing, loitering, loll, lolling, lying,
     mopery, procumbent, prone, proneness, prostrate, prostration,
     reclination, reclining, recumbency, recumbent, repose, reposing,
     resupine, sprawl, sprawled, sprawling, spread, supine, supineness,
     tarrying, trifling