lodge

«lodge» in Mova's school dictionary: A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a lodge, lodges); verb (lodge, lodges, lodged, lodging)

meaning for a pupil

1) A small house or cabin in the country, mountains or a park, used for holidays, hunting or skiing. tree →

2) A small house at the gate of a big estate, or a porter's room at a school or college. tree →

3) (verb) To become stuck firmly somewhere (a bone lodged in its throat). tree →

4) (verb) To stay in someone's house and pay rent. tree →

5) (verb, formal) To officially make a complaint or request (lodge a complaint). tree →

6) (noun) A beaver's home. tree →

7) A lodge can also be a tent or hut where some Native American peoples live. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and holidays: a ski lodge, a hunting lodge. In science: beavers build lodges of sticks and mud. In safety: if food is lodged in someone's throat, get help (first aid). Phrases: lodge a complaint, lodged in, ski lodge.

examples

• We stayed in a wooden lodge in the mountains. tree →
• Beavers build a lodge in the river. tree →
• A fish bone was lodged in his throat. tree →
• The ball lodged in the gutter. tree →
• My parents lodged a complaint about the noise (formal). tree →
• As a student, Gran lodged with a family in the city. tree →
• The ski lodge had a big fire. tree →
• Then it was that the people, terror-stricken, ran screaming into their lodges. tree →

note

Noun countable; verb regular (lodged, lodging). Related: lodger (a person who pays to live in someone's home), lodgings (a rented room). Safety: if someone is choking because food is lodged in the throat, call for an adult and emergency help.

In the corpora

• Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?'
• She said moreover unto him: 'We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.'
• (32-22) So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.
• And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
• She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lodge» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.