v. 1
To stay in any place or shelter.
v. 2
To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
The bullet missed its target and lodged in the bark of a tree.
n. 1
A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
n. 2
A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

Related words

Word family: lodgepole lodgement lodger lodging
Phrases: motor lodge porter's lodge hunting lodge medicine lodge sweat lodge

Forms

Plural: lodges → clubs, orders, guilds, societies…
Past participle: lodged
e.g. lodged → stayed, housed, sojourned, stopped…

Choose the right word

Lodge, Sojourn, Stay, Tarry, Wait or Remain?

Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
lodge		rising
reposit		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: fix¹, inn¹, den¹, cot¹
4 letters: keep¹, stop¹, live¹, stay¹, rest¹, club¹, file¹, lair¹, gild¹
5 letters: house¹, order², board¹, plant¹, stick¹, guild¹, abide², dwell¹, wedge¹, tarry², infix
6 letters: charge¹, remain², harbor², tenant², reside², hostel², nestle², repose², charre
7 letters: society⁴, quarter², shelter², deposit³, harbour², cottage², inhabit³, sojourn², auberge, reposit, enlodge
8 letters: hostelry
9 letters: entertain³
11 letters: accommodate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: loger
Italiano: abitare
Español: morar
Deutsch: wohnen
Català: habitar