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Added 9 October 2026

laze

/leɪz/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about laze at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To be lazy, waste time.
To pass time relaxing; to relax, lounge.
The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.

noun

An instance of lazing.
I had a laze on the beach after lunch.
Laziness.
The laze is real.

noun

Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.

Origin

Back-formation from lazy.

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