lodge

[[t]lɒdʒ[/t]]

n. v. lodged, lodg•ing

1) a makeshift or rough shelter or habitation; cabin or hut

2) a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season

3) a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee

4) a resort hotel, motel, or inn

5) the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like

6) the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations

7) the members composing the branch

8) ant any of various North American Indian dwellings, as a wigwam or long house

9) ant the people who live in such a dwelling or a family or unit of North American Indians

10) the den of an animal or group of animals, esp. beavers

11) to have a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn:

We lodged in a guest house[/ex]

12) to live in rented quarters in another's house

13) to be fixed, implanted, or caught in a place or position; come to rest; stick:

The bullet lodged in the wall[/ex]

14) to furnish with a habitation or quarters, esp. temporarily; accommodate

15) to furnish with a room or rooms in one's house for payment; have as a lodger

16) to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter

17) to put, store, or deposit for storage or keeping; stow

18) to bring or send into a particular place or position

19) to house or contain

20) to vest (power, authority, etc.)

21) to put or bring (information, a complaint, etc.) before a court or other authority

22) to beat down or lay flat, as vegetation in a storm

23) to track (a deer) to its lair

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Etymology: 1175–1225; ME logge < OF loge < Frankish *laubja