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# laze

verb (laze, lazes, lazed, lazing; often «laze about», «laze around»)

«laze» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To relax and do nothing much, in a lazy, pleasant way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/#m1)

### In the lessons

Used in everyday life about holidays and weekends; in The Wind in the Willows the Rat loves to laze on the river bank in summer. It is not always bad: lazing is resting, while «lazy» means not wanting to work when you should. Phrases: «laze about», «laze around», «laze in the sun».

### Examples

- We lazed on the beach all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/#x1)
- Don't laze about, there's work to do! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/#x2)
- The cat lazed in the sun on the windowsill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/#x3)
- On Sunday mornings Dad likes to laze in bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/#x4)
- The Rat and the Mole lazed in the boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/#x5)
- We spent a lazy day lazing by the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/#x6)

### Note

Past: lazed; -ing form: lazing. Related: lazy (adjective), laziness (noun). Not «laze» = «laser».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «laze» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laze/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«laze» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/laze.html) on Mova free.