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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : leyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : leɪz |
Definition of lazing
Origin :- 1590s, back-formation from lazy. Related: Lazed; lazing.
- verb idle
- If they felt like lazing, (as Pedro put it), they would laze.
- Extract from : « Unexplored! » by Allen Chaffee
- "Still more perfect in here, lazing with Mummy," said graceless Roy.
- Extract from : « Far to Seek » by Maud Diver
- I cannot say that either my brothers or I were ever much given to lazing in bed of a morning in Scotland itself.
- Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables
- Then the fisherman gets under the shadow of a gum-tree and enjoys a quiet life, reading or just lazing.
- Extract from : « Peeps At Many Lands: Australia » by Frank Fox
- Lazing around in the waters of Plasmoid Creek for an hour or so every morning had turned out to be a helpful part of the process.
- Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz
- The idea of three strong men like that lazing round for two mortal hours doin' nothin'.
- Extract from : « A First Family of Tasajara » by Bret Harte
- It's a grand opportunity for lazing, an opportunity that can't occur often in life, and I want to make the most of it.
- Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
Synonyms for lazing
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- kill time
- knock around
- let down
- lie
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
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