Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lodge

(obsolete) A way or path; a road. / (dialectal) A watercourse. / (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure. / (by extension) A rich source of supply.

A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris. / (figuratively) A guiding tenet or principle.

(geology) A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend. / (idiomatic, by extension) Any source of valuable or useful material.

(biblical) A place where David found a member of the family of Saul.

(astronomy) Polaris, the most used lodestar of the northern sky.

An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged. / The condition of being lodged. / The act of lodging or depositing.

plural of lodestar

plural of lode

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of lodge