Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to laze about
Participle: lazed about
Gerund: lazing about
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | laze about |
| you | laze about |
| he;she;it | lazes about |
| we | laze about |
| you | laze about |
| they | laze about |
Perfect
| I | have lazed about |
| you | have lazed about |
| he;she;it | has lazed about |
| we | have lazed about |
| you | have lazed about |
| they | have lazed about |
Past
| I | lazed about |
| you | lazed about |
| he;she;it | lazed about |
| we | lazed about |
| you | lazed about |
| they | lazed about |
Pluperfect
| I | had lazed about |
| you | had lazed about |
| he;she;it | had lazed about |
| we | had lazed about |
| you | had lazed about |
| they | had lazed about |
Future
| I | will laze about |
| you | will laze about |
| he;she;it | will laze about |
| we | will laze about |
| you | will laze about |
| they | will laze about |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lazed about |
| you | will have lazed about |
| he;she;it | will have lazed about |
| we | will have lazed about |
| you | will have lazed about |
| they | will have lazed about |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | laze about |
| you | laze about |
| he;she;it | laze about |
| we | laze about |
| you | laze about |
| they | laze about |
Perfect
| I | have lazed about |
| you | have lazed about |
| he;she;it | have lazed about |
| we | have lazed about |
| you | have lazed about |
| they | have lazed about |
Imperfect
| I | lazed about |
| you | lazed about |
| he;she;it | lazed about |
| we | lazed about |
| you | lazed about |
| they | lazed about |
Pluperfect
| I | had lazed about |
| you | had lazed about |
| he;she;it | had lazed about |
| we | had lazed about |
| you | had lazed about |
| they | had lazed about |
Conditional
Present
| I | would laze about |
| you | would laze about |
| he;she;it | would laze about |
| we | would laze about |
| you | would laze about |
| they | would laze about |
Perfect
| I | would have lazed about |
| you | would have lazed about |
| he;she;it | would have lazed about |
| we | would have lazed about |
| you | would have lazed about |
| they | would have lazed about |
Imperative
| you | laze about |
| we | Let's laze about |
| you | laze about |
Verbs conjugated like 'laze'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'laze'
baze,
blaze,
daze,
faze,
gaze,
glaze,
haze,
lace,
lade,
lage,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to be idle
- arse about, arse around, bludge, bum around, cabbage, clown around, dawdle, dick about, dick around, dilly-dally, drumble, faff, faff about, faff around, fanny about, fanny around, fart about, fart around, fiddle about, fiddle around, fool about, fool around, footle, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang around, hang out, horse around, idle, jerk off, lallygag, laze about, laze around, linger, loaf, loaf about, loaf around, loiter, lollygag, mess around, mill about, mill around, muck about, muck around, tarry, waste time, while
- relish
- revel, luxuriate, loll, enjoy, bask, relax, sun, lounge
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Back-formation from lazy.
Sample Sentences
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Behold by millions how thy men do fall
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Before Alphonsus like to sillie sheepe.
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And canst thou stand still lazing in this sort? [1599, Robert Greene, The Comicall Historie of Alphonsus, King of Aragon, London, act III:]
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And, lastly, such are they; that, having got
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Wealth, Knowledge, and those other Gifts, which may
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Advance the Publike-Good, yet, use them not;
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But Feede, and Sleepe, and laze their time away. [1635, George Wither, A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, London: John Grismond, Illustration 36, Book 1:]
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But for this anachronism of keeping Saturday holy when you had Sunday also to laze on, Daniel felt a hundred higher careers would have been open to him. [1892, Israel Zangwill, chapter 13, in Children of the Ghetto, being Pictures of a Peculiar People, volume 1, Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, page 191:]
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“I could easily fall into this,” I said. “Laze my way through life. Coffee here, wine there. You can channel significant things into the commonplace. Or you can avoid them completely.” [1982, Don DeLillo, chapter 7, in The Names, New York: Vintage, published 1989, page 160:]
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The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.
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I'll just laze in the shade with a book.
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A football game went on beside the line; half the teams just lazed on the grass […] [1939, Graham Greene, chapter 4, in The Lawless Roads, Penguin, published 1982, page 93:]