laze
Other forms: lazing; lazed; lazes
To laze is to be very relaxed. On a hot summer weekend morning, you might want to laze on the beach or in a hammock with a book.
When you laze, you lounge around, not working or really doing much of anything: you're being luxuriously lazy. If your friend asks what you plan to do during a school holiday, you might reply, "I'm just going to laze around all week." Laze came from lazy, originally laysy, and meaning "averse to work." Its origin is a mystery, though some experts think it's related to lay.
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be idle; exist in a changeless situation
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work
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
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do work, work
be employed
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moon, moon around, moon on
be idle in a listless or dreamy way
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ride the bench, warm the bench
be out of the game
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daydream, moon
have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake
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bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time
be lazy or idle
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lie about, lie around
hang around idly
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work
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