I. lounge 1 S3 /laʊndʒ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . a ↑ waiting room at an airport:
the departure lounge
2 . a public room in a hotel or other building, that is used by many people as a place to relax:
the television lounge
3 . British English the main room in a house where people relax, watch television etc SYN living room
4 . British English a lounge bar
5 . American English a ↑ cocktail bar
⇨ ↑ cocktail lounge , ↑ sun lounge
II. lounge 2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Perhaps copying slow movement ]
1 . [always + adverb/preposition] to stand, sit, or lie in a lazy or relaxed way:
Nathan was lounging on the grass bank outside the cottage.
2 . lounge around ( also lounge about British English ) to spend time relaxing and doing nothing, often when you should be doing something SYN laze around :
James does nothing but lounge around the apartment.
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THESAURUS
▪ sit to be resting your weight on your bottom somewhere, or to move into this position:
He was sitting in front of the fire.
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She sat on the bed and kicked off her shoes.
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Who is the man sitting next to Karen?
▪ sit down to sit on a chair, bed, floor etc after you have been standing:
I sat down on the sofa.
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Come in and sit down.
▪ be seated formal to be sitting in a particular chair or place:
John was seated on my left.
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There was a man seated behind the desk.
▪ take a seat to sit – used especially when asking someone to sit down:
Please take a seat – she will be with you in a minute.
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Would the audience please take their seats – the show will begin in five minutes.
▪ sink into something to sit in a comfortable chair and let yourself fall back into it:
We switched on the TV and sank into our armchairs.
▪ lounge to sit in a very comfortable relaxed way:
They lounged around all day by the pool.
▪ perch to sit on the edge of something:
He perched on the arm of the sofa.
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My sister was perched (=was sitting) on a high stool.
▪ be slumped to be sitting while leaning against something, especially because you are injured, drunk, or asleep:
They found him slumped against the steering wheel.
▪ squat to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet:
A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.