Meaning

2 senses
  1. To be lazy, waste time.

    Däumchen drehen, faulenzen

    безде́льничатьbezdélʹničatʹ, лентя́йничатьlentjájničatʹ, бить баклу́шиbitʹ baklúši

  2. To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

    The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.

    I'll just laze in the shade with a book.

More definitions
  • be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Stop lazing around and look for a job.

  2. I wasn't lazing around like some people.

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  3. We can laze around on the weekend.

    ruВ выходные можно бездельничать. — marafon

  4. The lions are lazing under the tree.

    deDie Löwen faulenzen unter dem Baum. — Ioan_Cristian

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  5. Tom spent the afternoon lazing on the beach.

    deTom faulenzte den ganzen Nachmittag am Strand. — raggione

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
be lazy, waste time:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
be lazy, waste time:

Origin

Back-formation from lazy.

Back-formation from lazy.

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Forms

lazes, lazing, lazed, lazed
Base formlaze · to laze
3rd person singularlazes
Present participlelazing
Past simplelazed
Past participlelazed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylaze
he, she, itlazes

Past simpleLesson

all personslazed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave lazed
he, she, ithas lazed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill laze

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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