Laze — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈeɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈeɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈeɪz/

1 syllable Say it as /lˈeɪz/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

idle slug stagnate

Antonyms

work

Parts of Speech

verb	be idle; exist in a changeless situation “The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”

Word Forms

idler	noun	person who does no work
idling	noun	having no employment
slug	noun	an idle slothful person
sluggard	noun	an idle slothful person
stagnation	noun	a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
stagnancy	noun	a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

faulenzen

untätig sein; existieren in einer unveränderlichen Situation

🇫🇷French

paresser

soyez inactif; exister dans une situation immuable

🇪🇸Spanish

holgazanear

estar inactivo; existir en una situación inmutable

🇮🇹Italian

oziare

essere inattivo; esistere in una situazione immutabile

🇳🇱Dutch

luieren

inactief zijn; bestaan in een onveranderlijke situatie

🇵🇹Portuguese

preguiça

fique ocioso; existir em uma situação imutável

🇷🇺Russian

бездельничать

бездействовать; существовать в неизменной ситуации

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आलसी

निष्क्रिय रहना; परिवर्तनहीन स्थिति में मौजूद रहें

🇧🇩Bengali

অলস

নিষ্ক্রিয় হওয়া; একটি পরিবর্তনহীন পরিস্থিতিতে বিদ্যমান

🇮🇳Tamil

சோம்பேறி

சும்மா இரு; மாறாத சூழ்நிலையில் உள்ளன

🇮🇳Telugu

సోమరితనం

పనిలేకుండా ఉండండి; మార్పులేని పరిస్థితిలో ఉన్నాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

आळस

निष्क्रिय असणे; बदल नसलेल्या परिस्थितीत अस्तित्वात आहे

🇮🇳Gujarati

આળસ

નિષ્ક્રિય રહેવું; બદલાતી પરિસ્થિતિમાં અસ્તિત્વ ધરાવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೋಮಾರಿ

ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಇರು; ಬದಲಾಗದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അലസത

വെറുതെയിരിക്കുക; മാറ്റമില്ലാത്ത സാഹചര്യത്തിൽ നിലനിൽക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਆਲਸੀ

ਵਿਹਲੇ ਹੋਣਾ; ਇੱਕ ਤਬਦੀਲੀ ਰਹਿਤ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੌਜੂਦ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

سست

بیکار ہونا؛ ایک غیر تبدیل شدہ صورتحال میں موجود ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

懒散

闲着；存在于不变的情况下

🇯🇵Japanese

怠ける

怠けていてください。変化のない状況の中に存在する

🇰🇷Korean

게으르다

게으르다; 변함없는 상황에 존재하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lười biếng

nhàn rỗi; tồn tại trong một tình huống không thay đổi

🇹🇭Thai

ขี้เกียจ

ไม่ได้ใช้งาน; อยู่ในสถานการณ์ที่ไม่เปลี่ยนแปลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

bermalas-malasan

menganggur; ada dalam situasi yang tidak berubah

🇵🇭Filipino

tamad

maging idle; umiiral sa isang walang pagbabago na sitwasyon

🇲🇾Malay

bermalas-malasan

terbiar; wujud dalam keadaan yang tidak berubah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تكاسل

يكون خاملاً؛ موجودة في حالة لا تتغير

🇮🇷Persian

تنبلی

بیکار بودن در یک وضعیت تغییرناپذیر وجود داشته باشد

🇹🇷Turkish

tembellik

boşta kalmak; değişmez bir durumda var olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהִתְבַּטֵל

להיות בטלה; להתקיים במצב ללא שינוי

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The primary meaning of 'laze' is 'be idle; exist in a changeless situation'.

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