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I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum - I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.
Cherie Lunghi

Meaning of "laze" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LAZE

Back formation from lazy.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LAZE

laze  [leɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Laze is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb laze in English.

WHAT DOES LAZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Laze

Laze may refer to: In Bosnia and Herzegovina: ▪ Laze, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a settlement in the Municipality of Rogatica In Slovenia: ▪ Gornje Laze, a settlement in the Municipality of Semič ▪ Gradiške Laze, a settlement in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji ▪ Jablaniške Laze, a settlement in the Municipality of Šmartni pri Litiji ▪ Laze, Brežice, a settlement in the Municipality of Brežice ▪ Laze, Gorenja Vas–Poljane, a settlement in the Municipality of Gorenja Vas–Poljane ▪ Laze, Logatec, a settlement in the Municipality of Logatec ▪ Laze nad Krko, a settlement in the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica ▪ Laze, Novo Mesto, a settlement in the Municipality of Novo Mesto ▪ Laze pri Borovnici, a settlement in the Municipality of Borovnica ▪ Laze pri Boštanju, a settlement in the Municipality of Sevnica ▪ Laze pri Dolskem, a settlement in the Municipality of Dol pri Ljubljani ▪ Laze pri Domžalah, a settlement in the...

Definition of laze in the English dictionary

The first definition of laze in the dictionary is to be indolent or lazy. Other definition of laze is often foll by away to spend in indolence. Laze is also the act or an instance of idling.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LAZE

PRESENT

Present
I laze
you laze
he/she/it lazes
we laze
you laze
they laze
Present continuous
I am lazing
you are lazing
he/she/it is lazing
we are lazing
you are lazing
they are lazing
Present perfect
I have lazed
you have lazed
he/she/it has lazed
we have lazed
you have lazed
they have lazed
Present perfect continuous
I have been lazing
you have been lazing
he/she/it has been lazing
we have been lazing
you have been lazing
they have been lazing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I lazed
you lazed
he/she/it lazed
we lazed
you lazed
they lazed
Past continuous
I was lazing
you were lazing
he/she/it was lazing
we were lazing
you were lazing
they were lazing
Past perfect
I had lazed
you had lazed
he/she/it had lazed
we had lazed
you had lazed
they had lazed
Past perfect continuous
I had been lazing
you had been lazing
he/she/it had been lazing
we had been lazing
you had been lazing
they had been lazing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will laze
you will laze
he/she/it will laze
we will laze
you will laze
they will laze
Future continuous
I will be lazing
you will be lazing
he/she/it will be lazing
we will be lazing
you will be lazing
they will be lazing
Future perfect
I will have lazed
you will have lazed
he/she/it will have lazed
we will have lazed
you will have lazed
they will have lazed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been lazing
you will have been lazing
he/she/it will have been lazing
we will have been lazing
you will have been lazing
they will have been lazing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would laze
you would laze
he/she/it would laze
we would laze
you would laze
they would laze
Conditional continuous
I would be lazing
you would be lazing
he/she/it would be lazing
we would be lazing
you would be lazing
they would be lazing
Conditional perfect
I would have laze
you would have laze
he/she/it would have laze
we would have laze
you would have laze
they would have laze
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been lazing
you would have been lazing
he/she/it would have been lazing
we would have been lazing
you would have been lazing
they would have been lazing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you laze
we let´s laze
you laze
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to laze
Past participle
lazed
Present Participle
lazing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAZE


always
ˈɔːlweɪz
anyways
ˈɛnɪˌweɪz
bez
beɪz
blaze
bleɪz
chaise
ʃeɪz
days
deɪz
erase
ɪˈreɪz
gaze
ɡeɪz
glaze
ɡleɪz
Hayes
heɪz
haze
heɪz
hollandaise
ˌhɒlənˈdeɪz
maze
meɪz
nowadays
ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz
pes
peɪz
phase
feɪz
phrase
freɪz
praise
preɪz
raise
reɪz
stays
steɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAZE

lazar
lazar house
lazar-like
lazaret
lazarette
lazaretto
Lazarist
Lazarus
lazier
laziest
lazily
laziness
Lazio
lazuli
lazulite
lazurite
lazy
lazy bed
lazy daisy stitch
lazy eye

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAZE

ablaze
amaze
braze
daze
deglaze
double-glaze
emblaze
faze
graze
heat haze
kamikaze
Naze
overglaze
raze
reglaze
sleaze
stargaze
the Naze
underglaze
upgaze

Synonyms and antonyms of laze in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LAZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «laze» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of laze
doss · idle · loaf · loll · lounge · veg out

Translation of «laze» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAZE

Find out the translation of laze to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of laze from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «laze» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

懒散
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

holgazanear
570 millions of speakers

English

laze
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आलसी होना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكاسل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бездельничать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preguiçar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বসিয়া থাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

farniente
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Laze
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

faulenzen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過ごす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

게으름 피우다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Laze
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lười biếng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சோம்பி காலத்தை கழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आळस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tembelleşmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oziare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leniuchować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

байдикувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nu face nimic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τεμπελιάζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontspan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lata
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

laze
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of laze

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAZE»

The term «laze» is regularly used and occupies the 55.603 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of laze
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «laze» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «laze» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about laze

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «LAZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word laze.
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Cherie Lunghi
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum - I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.
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Sonakshi Sinha
I like to unwind by doing nothing. If I do get a day, I just like to vegetate and laze around.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAZE»

Discover the use of laze in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to laze and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Invisible Slavs: Župa Bled in the Prehistoric Early ...
Zgornje Laze and Spodnje Laze are separated by a small stream valley. Their fields lie on uneven ground (V dole, Na hribence, V bregu, Na doli, V brdi, V bali, V grabnu, V strmine, Na slemen), which used to be partly covered in oak forest ( Na ...
Andrej Pleterski, 2013
2
Western Balkans
the converted cellars and smell mellow wine in the vast barrels; there's seating among them within secluded alcoves. Dva Anđela (%662 4989; Laze Telečkog 14; average main 500DIN; h9am-11pm Mon-Thu, 9am-1am Fri & Sat, ...
‎2009
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Laze & Royal
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Kristen Nehemiah Horst, 2011
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Volcano and Geothermal Tourism: Sustainable Geo-Resources ...
Sustainable Geo-Resources for Leisure and Recreation Malcolm Cooper, Patricia J. Erfurt-Cooper. Figure CS7.1 Volcanic laze at an ocean entry in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. makes this a case of interest, however, is that it was the first ...
Malcolm Cooper, Patricia J. Erfurt-Cooper, 2010
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Texas Documentation Handbook: Appraisal, Nonrenewal, Termination
Commentary (l)The first section of the instrument provides essential information that you will need when you are ready to write your specific incident memorandum to Mr. Laze (e.g., date and time of the observation, length of the observation, etc ...
John A. Cain, 2006
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Dreamworld: Tales from the Subconscious
The Last Stand Of Commander Laze The Last Stand Of Commander Laze he cave wasn't too uncomfortable. Actually, it was rather nice for a cave. The entrance was elevated high enough to prevent the little devils from getting to him. Inside ...
R. Duane Cozzen, 2011
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Summerwood
The skink fished in a pocket of his filthy overcoat, showing Knox for good measure a laze. It was an expensive one—Grandyear Special, Knox guessed. The skink withdrew and opened a container and, as his eyes blinked up and down from ...
James Howerton, 2013
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Middle High German Verbs
Contracted/ Strong, Class VIIb NHG: [6766677 Е: t0 Zet, t0 766766 Alternate Spelling: [дат Indicative Prefenf PRINCIPAL PARTS: lazen / lan, laze /la(n), liez / lie, liezen, (ge)lazen / (ge) lan IMPERATIVE: la/ laze / lan, lazet/ lat, laze(n) /lan wir ...
Scott Shay, 2006
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Always Something Doing: Boston's Infamous Scollay Square
Now, laze 'n gennemen, I know you're a broad-minded audience — otherwise you wouldn't be here— but if you take the photo of Charles Atlas — a life-sized eight-by- ten— and a photo of the lovely star of this evening's presentation, Miss ...
David Kruh, 1999
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Spodnje Laze
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Spodnje Laze is a settlement in the Gorje municipality in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
Blossom Meghan Jessalyn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term laze is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jessica Ennis-Hill optimistic over her biggest challenge yet since …
“Normally I'd have a few days off and just rest and laze around the house,” she says. “But having [one-year-old son] Reggie now you don't get ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Ashes 2015: Marsh fires as rain main threat to Lord's win | The …
The sun was out and the ball was inclined to laze about no matter how hard bowlers toiled. Mitchell Johnson worked hard but luck did not go ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
A no man's island in Nicaragua - FT.com
Laze in a hammock, gorge on cheap lobster, plantain chips and coconut bread, kayak, fish and dive and you have pretty much completed the ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
Sakhalin: Home is where the heart is
Essentially, a Sakhaliner does not have to fly off to a far-away destination to laze by the beach or go to Sochi or Europe to partake in winter ... «Russia and India Report, Jul 15»
5
Our sweltering season deserves a celebration all its own
... when it's all we can do to concentrate on the workaday world, tempted as we are to laze in palm-strung hammocks or fling ourselves into the ... «The News-Press, Jul 15»
6
Brymbo woman eyes a big plus after heartache
“You get people who snigger about plus-size people and the assumption is that we're unhealthy and that we laze around but that isn't always ... «News North Wales, Jul 15»
7
Editors' Obsessions: Minnie Mouse-Inspired Dresses, Pretty …
Glamming up my white bikini, while I laze on a yacht in the Mediterranean, or, in real life, with a classic tee or denim shirt, smartening me up for ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
8
'7 Chinese Brothers' Trailer: Jason Schwartzman Has Some …
Will Larry keep it together long enough to win the girl, provide for his French bulldog, laze about with his friend Major (TV on the Radio's Tunde ... «/FILM, Jul 15»
9
Select: lunchtime markets kick dining al desko to the curb
And while they're a great way to sink €50 and laze around on a weekend morning, they don't really cut the (French, truffle-infused whole-grain) ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Mandarin Grill a solid choice for Chinese rotation
I am in search for my go-to Chinese food place in Des Moines. I have a couple I call when the occasional Sunday night laze sets in and I don't ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»

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