laze

UK: /ˈleɪz/ US: /leɪz/ ,(lāz)

Inflections of 'laze' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

lazes

v 3rd person singular

lazing

v pres p

lazed

v past

lazed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

laze /leɪz/   v., lazed, laz•ing. 

1. [no object] to relax or lounge lazily.
2. to pass (time, life, etc.) lazily: [~ + object + away]
   He's just been lazing his days away.
   [~ + away + object]
   to laze away the days.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

laze  (lāz), v., lazed, laz•ing, 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 indolence:
   a quiet laze in the hammock.

• back formation from lazy 1585–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

laze / leɪz/ verb

1. (intransitive) to be indolent or lazy
2. (transitive) often followed by away: to spend (time) in indolence

noun

1. the act or an instance of idling

Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from lazy