Your children shouldn't be lazing around indoors on such a nice day.
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laze around — ˌlaze a ˈround ˌlaze a ˈbout british [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they laze around he/she/it lazes around present participle lazing around … Useful english dictionary
laze about — ˌlaze a ˈround ˌlaze a ˈbout british [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they laze around he/she/it lazes around present participle … Useful english dictionary
laze — [ leız ] verb intransitive laze or laze around laze by/in/on to relax and enjoy yourself, doing no work: We finally found some time to swim and laze in the sun. ,laze a round phrasal verb intransitive same as LAZE: Your children shouldn t be… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
laze about — phrasal verb laze around or laze about [intransitive] Word forms laze around : present tense I/you/we/they laze around he/she/it lazes around present participle lazing around past tense lazed around past participle lazed around British same as… … English dictionary
laze — UK [leɪz] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms laze : present tense I/you/we/they laze he/she/it lazes present participle lazing past tense lazed past participle lazed British laze or laze around or laze about to relax and enjoy yourself, doing no … English dictionary
laze — [[t]le͟ɪz[/t]] lazes, lazing, lazed VERB If you laze somewhere for a period of time, you relax and enjoy yourself, not doing any work or anything else that requires effort. Fred lazed in an easy chair... [V prep] They used the swimming pool, rode … English dictionary
laze — /layz/, v., lazed, lazing, n. v.i. 1. to idle or lounge lazily (often fol. by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend. v.t. 2. to pass (time, life, etc.) lazily (usually fol. by away). n. 3. a period of ease or… … Universalium
laze — [leız] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: lazy] to relax and enjoy yourself in a lazy way laze in ▪ We spent the afternoon lazing in the sun. laze about/around ▪ We lazed around, gazing at the views. >laze n [singular] … Dictionary of contemporary English
laze — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to relax and enjoy yourself in a lazy way: Warren spent the afternoon lazing in the sun. | laze about/around: lazing around when they should have been working laze noun (singular) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
laze — Synonyms and related words: amble, bum, bum around, claudicate, crawl, creep, do nothing, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag out, go dead slow, go slow, goldbrick, goof off, hang around, hobble, idle, idleness, inch, inch along, indolence, jog trot … Moby Thesaurus
