- laze
- verb (lazed; lazing) Etymology: back-formation from lazy Date: circa 1592 intransitive verb to act or lie lazily ; idle transitive verb to pass (time) in idleness or relaxation Synonyms: see idle • laze noun
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LAZE — L’ethnie laze est actuellement scindée en deux par les frontières de la Turquie et de la Géorgie, et le nom même de Laze est banni de part et d’autre de cette frontière. Du côté turc, on apprend, grâce au recensement de 1945, que le laze était… … Encyclopédie Universelle
laze — [ leız ] verb intransitive laze or laze around laze by/in/on to relax and enjoy yourself, doing no work: We finally found some time to swim and laze in the sun. ,laze a round phrasal verb intransitive same as LAZE: Your children shouldn t be… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
laze — [leız] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: lazy] to relax and enjoy yourself in a lazy way laze in ▪ We spent the afternoon lazing in the sun. laze about/around ▪ We lazed around, gazing at the views. >laze n [singular] … Dictionary of contemporary English
Laze — Laze, v. t. To waste in sloth; to spend, as time, in idleness; as, to laze away whole days. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Laze — (l[=a]z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lazed} (l[=a]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lazing}.] [See {Lazy}.] To be lazy or idle. [Colloq.] Middleton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
laze — (v.) 1590s, back formation from LAZY (Cf. lazy). Related: Lazed; lazing … Etymology dictionary
laze — idle, loaf, lounge, loll Analogous words: relax, rest, repose (see corresponding nouns at REST) Contrasted words: toil, travail, labor, grind, drudge (see corresponding nouns at WORK) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
laze — ► VERB ▪ spend time relaxing or doing very little. ► NOUN ▪ a spell of lazing … English terms dictionary
laze — [lāz] vi. lazed, lazing [back form. < LAZY] to be lazy or idle; loaf vt. to spend (time, etc.) in idleness: often with away n. an act or instance of lazing … English World dictionary
laze — UK [leɪz] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms laze : present tense I/you/we/they laze he/she/it lazes present participle lazing past tense lazed past participle lazed British laze or laze around or laze about to relax and enjoy yourself, doing no … English dictionary
Laze — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Laze (homonymie). Laze Parlée en Turquie … Wikipédia en Français
