Standard Lemma guide

laze

name · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /leɪz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪz
  • homophone: lase
  • homophone: lays

1

name

Meaning 1

A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of languages, spoken in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County western Sichuan, China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An instance of lazing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • I had a laze on the beach after lunch.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Laziness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The laze is real.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To be lazy, waste time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
  • He slugged in bed all morning

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: idle, slug, stagnate

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: moon, moon around, moon on, ride the bench, warm the bench, daydream, bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about, lie about, lie around

History

Etymology

Back-formation from lazy.

Blend of lava + haze.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉熱語 /拉热语 — Translations
  • Bulgarian: мързелувам (mǎrzeluvam) — be lazy, waste time
  • Bulgarian: безделнича (bezdelniča) — be lazy, waste time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 散逛 (sǎnguàng) — be lazy, waste time
  • Czech: zahálet — be lazy, waste time
  • Finnish: laiskotella — be lazy, waste time
  • Finnish: möllötellä — be lazy, waste time
  • German: Däumchen drehen — be lazy, waste time
  • German: faulenzen — be lazy, waste time
  • Hungarian: henyél — be lazy, waste time
  • Hungarian: lustálkodik — be lazy, waste time
  • Māori: whakapateko — be lazy, waste time
  • Māori: whakapahoho — be lazy, waste time
  • Norwegian: late seg — be lazy, waste time
  • Polish: gnuśnieć — be lazy, waste time
  • Polish: zgnuśnieć — be lazy, waste time
  • Polish: pleśnieć — be lazy, waste time
  • Polish: spleśnieć — be lazy, waste time
  • Portuguese: vadiar — be lazy, waste time
  • Russian: безде́льничать (bezdélʹničatʹ) — be lazy, waste time
  • Russian: лентя́йничать (lentjájničatʹ) — be lazy, waste time
  • Russian: бить баклу́ши (bitʹ baklúši) — be lazy, waste time
  • Spanish: holgazanear — be lazy, waste time
  • Spanish: haraganear — be lazy, waste time
  • Spanish: estar a la bartola — be lazy, waste time
  • Spanish: zanganear — be lazy, waste time
  • Spanish: flojear — be lazy, waste time
  • Swedish: lata sig — be lazy, waste time
  • Ottoman Turkish: تنبللنمك (tembellenmek) — be lazy, waste time