lodge

lodge

verb

Definition of LODGE

1

to provide with living quarters or shelter <the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time>

Synonyms accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take in

Related Words ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent; barrack; bed (down)

Near Antonyms eject, evict

2

to establish or place comfortably or snugly <our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out>

Synonyms install, lodge, nestle, perch, roost, settle

Related Words deploy, emplace, fix, locate, park, plant, position, set, situate, station; anchor, bivouac, camp, camp (out); burrow, curl up, dig in; harbor, house

3

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter <the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine>

Synonyms bed, embed (also imbed), enroot, fix, impact, implant, ingrain (also engrain), lodge, root

Related Words imbue, infuse, instill; beat (into), drive (into); establish, place, put, settle, stick

Near Antonyms eliminate, eradicate; eject, expel; detach, disconnect, disengage, remove

Antonyms dislodge, root (out), uproot