lodge
lodge / läj/ • n. 1. a small house at the gates of a park or in the grounds of a large house, typically occupied by a gatekeeper, gardener, or other employee. ∎ a small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting, shooting, fishing, and skiing: a hunting lodge. ∎ a large house or hotel: Cumberland Lodge. ∎ a porter's quarters at the main entrance of a college or other large building. ∎ the residence of a head of a college, esp. at Cambridge. ∎ an American Indian hut. ∎ a beaver's den. 2. a branch or meeting place of an organization such as the Freemasons. ∎ the membership of such an organization.• v. 1. [tr.] present (a complaint, appeal, claim, etc.) formally to the proper authorities: he has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal. ∎ (lodge something in/with) leave money or a valuable item in (a place) or with (someone) for safekeeping. 2. make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a particular place: [tr.] they had to remove a bullet lodged near his spine | [intr.] fig. the image had lodged in her mind. 3. [intr.] stay or sleep in another person's house, paying money for one's accommodations: the man who lodged in the room next door. ∎ [tr.] provide (someone) with a place to sleep or stay in return for payment. 4. [tr.] (of wind or rain) flatten (a standing crop): [as adj.] (lodged) rain that soaks standing or lodged crops. ∎ [intr.] (of a crop) be flattened in such a way.