Laze

/leɪz/ · verb

Meaning

To be lazy, waste time..

Definitions by Sense

1. To be lazy, waste time.
2. To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.
3. (countable) An instance of lazing.
4. (uncountable) Laziness.
5. Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.

Example Sentences

Behold by millions how thy men do fall Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe. And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort?

And, lastly, such are they; that, having got Wealth, Knowledge, and those other Gifts, which may Advance the Publike-Good, yet, use them not; But Feede, and Sleepe, and laze their time away.

But for this anachronism of keeping Saturday holy when you had Sunday also to laze on, Daniel felt a hundred higher careers would have been open to him.

“I could easily fall into this,” I said. “Laze my way through life. Coffee here, wine there. You can channel significant things into the commonplace. Or you can avoid them completely.”

The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.

A football game went on beside the line; half the teams just lazed on the grass […]

I had a laze on the beach after lunch.

The laze is real.

Synonyms for laze

Antonyms for laze

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Word Forms

• lazes
• lazing
• lazed

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