laze about
B1 informal inseparable intransitive
In simple words
Do nothing and just relax, without any purpose or energy.
Literal meaning: To laze (be lazy) about (in various directions or places).
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To spend time relaxing and doing nothing productive, moving around without purpose.
"We spent the whole Sunday morning just lazing about the house in our pyjamas."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Carries a mildly negative connotation of unproductive idleness, though it can also be used positively when talking about a deserved rest. More common in British English. Interchangeable with 'laze around'.
Commonly used with
house garden beach sofa afternoon all day
Forms
Base
laze about
I/you/we/they
3rd person
lazes about
he/she/it
Past simple
lazed about
yesterday
Past participle
lazed about
have + pp
-ing form
lazing about
continuous
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