Meaning of lodge In English

• 0 to make an official complaint about something:

  • The US lodged a formal protest against the arrest of the foreign reporters.

  • Lawyers said last night that they would be lodging an appeal against the sentence.

• 1 to (cause to) become stuck in a place or position:

  • A fish bone had lodged in her throat.

• 2 to put something in a safe place:

  • You should lodge a copy of the letter with your solicitor.

• 3 to pay rent to stay somewhere:

  • She lodged with Mrs Higgins when she first came to Cambridge.

• 4 a small house in the country, used especially by people on holiday or taking part in sports, or one on land belonging to a large house:

  • a ski/hunting lodge

• 5 a local group of an organization such as the Freemasons:

  • a Masonic Lodge

• 6 the room used by a person whose job is to be at the entrance to a large building such as a hotel or college in order to help people:

  • the porter's lodge

• 7 to become fixed or cause something to become fixed in a place or position:

  • [ I ] A fish bone had lodged in her throat.

  • [ T ] The explosion lodged some metal fragments in his leg.

• 8 to formally make a complaint to an official:

  • to lodge a complaint/protest

• 9 to stay in a place temporarily, usually paying rent to do so:

  • Mrs. Brown rents rooms – you can lodge with her for a few weeks.

• 10 a small building used by people during a particular sports season:

  • a hunting lodge

• 11 to make an official statement to someone in authority, usually to protect something that you feel it is your right to have or do:

  • lodge a claim/complaint/appeal My lawyers advised me to lodge a formal complaint.

  • lodge sth against sb/sth So far, five groups have lodged protests against the deal.

  • There were several ethical complaints lodged against him.

• 12 to give information to an official organization so that it can be recorded or dealt with:

  • lodge plans/papers/a bid The two banks will lodge their plans with regulators this week.

  • Moran lodged a bid to purchase all eight properties.

• 13 to leave something important in a safe place such as a bank, lawyer's office, etc.:

  • lodge sth with sb Keep additional copies of any important documents lodged with your bank or solicitor.