lodge vs situate

lodge

verb
  • To be firmly fixed in a specified position. 

  • 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. 

  • To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady. 

  • To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time. 

  • To drive (an animal) to covert. 

  • To cause to flatten, as grass or grain. 

  • To firmly fix in a specified position. 

  • To stay in any place or shelter. 

  • To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety. 

noun
  • A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake. 

  • The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt. 

  • A collection of objects lodged together. 

  • An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household. 

  • A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons. 

  • A rural hotel or resort, an inn. 

  • A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. 

  • A local chapter of a trade union. 

  • A den or cave. 

  • The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college. 

  • A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons. 

situate

verb
  • To place on or into a physical location. 

  • To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc. Most commonly used adjectivally in past participle and often used figuratively. 

adj
  • Situated; located. 

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