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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

lazy
    adj 1: moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white
           clouds"; "at a lazy pace"
    2: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose
       rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too
       lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful
       employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
       [syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful,
       work-shy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lazy \La"zy\, a. [Compar. Lazier; superl. Laziest.] [OE.
   lasie, laesic, of uncertain origin; cf. F. las tired, L.
   lassus, akin to E. late; or cf. LG. losig, lesig.]
   1. Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle;
      shirking work. --Bacon.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.
      "The night owl's lazy flight." --Shak.
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   3. Wicked; vicious. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --B. Jonson.
      [1913 Webster]

   Lazy tongs, a system of jointed bars capable of great
      extension, originally made for picking up something at a
      distance, now variously applied in machinery.

   Syn: Idle; indolent; sluggish; slothful. See Idle.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for lazy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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