Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To laze, act in a lazy manner.

Examples

673 sentences

  1. I don't think Tom is lazy.

    Я не думаю, що Том ледачий. — deniko

    ruЯ не думаю, что Том - лентяй. — marafon

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  2. I know that Tom is lazy.

    Я знаю, що Том ледачий. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том ленивый. — marafon

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  3. I'm too lazy to do that.

    Я для цього занадто ледачий. — deniko

    ruЯ слишком ленив для этого. — odexed

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  4. Tom said that Mary was lazy.

    Том скащав, що Мері лінива. — deniko

    ruТом сказал, что Мэри ленивая. — marafon

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  5. Tom is very lazy, isn't he?

    Том дуже ледачий, так? — deniko

    deTom ist sehr faul, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

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Origin

Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasi

Attested since 1540, origin uncertain. Probably from Low German and Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy”), from las, from Old Saxon lask, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak”).

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Forms

lazies, lazying, lazied, lazied
Base formlazy · to lazy
3rd person singularlazies
Present participlelazying
Past simplelazied
Past participlelazied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylazy
he, she, itlazies

Past simpleLesson

all personslazied

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lazy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as lazy as
  • too lazy to
  • is a lazy
  • is as lazy
  • is too lazy
  • lazy person
  • being being lazy
  • a lazy person
  • a very lazy
  • a lazy kid
  • lazy boy
  • the laziest person

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lazelazilylazinessA2lazybonesleleach

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