Laze
//leɪz// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instance of lazing. countable
"I had a laze on the beach after lunch."
- 2 Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water. uncountable
"Moreover, dense laze plumes are known to contain as much as 10 to 15ppm of HCl (USGS, 2008)."
- 3 Laziness. uncountable
"The laze is real."
Verb
- 1 To be lazy, waste time.
"Behold by millions how thy men do fall Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe. And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort?"
- 2 be idle; exist in a changeless situation wordnet
- 3 To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.
"The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun."
Proper Noun
- 1 A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of languages, spoken in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County western Sichuan, China.
Example
More examples"Dad isn't sick or anything like that. I'm sure he just wants to laze around."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Back-formation from lazy.
Etymology 2
Blend of lava + haze.
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