loaf
noun
a portion of bread or cake baked in a shaped or molded mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
have loafed
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present perfectof loaf.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They say that I have loafed on the job, don't they?
From Time Magazine Archive
Dale took so many courses that he entered his senior year just one credit short of graduation and could have loafed.
From Time Magazine Archive
James Thurber said that "it is better to have loafed and lost than never to have loafed at all," but Reagan seems to have lost nothing in public esteem by taking time off.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was rather canny of him to go there—yet I don't see how, in the circumstances, he could have loafed round Leuraville without making talk—though I think it was a great pity he didn't.
From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed
Yes, I have loafed a bit, but it was worth while.
From The Major by Ralph Connor
