loaf
1[ lohf ]
/ loʊf /
noun, plural loaves [lohvz] /loʊvz/.
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
a shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat: a veal loaf.
British.
- the rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.
- Slang: Older Use. head or brains: Use your loaf.
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Nearby words
loads, loadspace, loadstar, loadstone, loady, loaf, loaf bread, loaf pan, loaf sugar, loafer, loaiasis
Origin of loaf
1before 950; Middle English lo(o)f, Old English hlāf loaf, bread; cognate with German Laib, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs
Definition for loaf (2 of 2)
loaf
2[ lohf ]
/ loʊf /
verb (used without object)
to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
to lounge or saunter lazily and idly: We loafed for hours along the water's edge.
verb (used with object)
to pass idly (usually followed by away): to loaf one's life away.
Origin of loaf
2Related formsun·loaf·ing, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for loaf (1 of 2)
loaf
1/ (ləʊf) /
noun plural loaves (ləʊvz)
a shaped mass of baked bread
any shaped or moulded mass of food, such as cooked meat
slang the head; senseuse your loaf!
Word Origin for loaf
Old English hlāf; related to Old High German hleib bread, Old Norse hleifr, Latin libum cake
British Dictionary definitions for loaf (2 of 2)
loaf
2/ (ləʊf) /
verb
(intr) to loiter or lounge around in an idle way
(tr foll by away) to spend (time) idlyhe loafed away his life
Word Origin for loaf
C19: perhaps back formation from loafer
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Idioms and Phrases with loaf
loaf
see half a loaf is better than none.
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