# lodged

Pronunciation: say "LOJD" US /lɑd͡ʒd/, UK /lɒd͡ʒd/

## Verb

1. Past tense and past participle of lodge. — simple past and past participle of lodge
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of lodge. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _The bullet had lodged in the wall just above the door._
   - _As a student he lodged with an elderly widow near the campus._

## Adjective

2. In heraldry, of a deer or other beast of the chase: lying down with the head raised, as couchant describes a lion or other beast of prey.
   - Simple: In coats of arms, describes a deer lying down with its head up.
   - _The arms show a stag lodged beneath a spreading oak._
   - _A white hart lodged on a green mound appears on the family's seal._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lodged (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).