lodged
Because it is a word with a single syllable, lodged is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oflodged
- To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
Example: "I've got some spinach lodged between my teeth."
- To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
Example: "The detective Sherlock Holmes lodged in Baker Street."
- To stay in any place or shelter.
- To drive (an animal) to covert.
- To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
- To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
- To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
- To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.
Example: "The heavy rain caused the wheat to lodge."
- To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.
- Lying down; used of beasts of the chase, as couchant is used of beasts of prey.
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