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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024loaf1 /loʊf/USA pronunciation n. [countable]pl. loaves (lōvz).- Fooda shaped or molded mass of bread.
- Fooda similar shaped or molded mass of food:a meat loaf.
loaf2 /loʊf/USA pronunciation v. - to pass time idly: [no object]He loafed during the summer.[~ + object]to loaf the afternoon away.
loaf•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024loaf1 (lōf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. loaves (lōvz).USA pronunciation - Fooda portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Fooda shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat:a veal loaf.
- British Terms
- Foodthe rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.
- Slang (older use). head or brains:Use your loaf.
- bef. 950; Middle English lo(o)f, Old English hlāf loaf, bread; cognate with German Laib, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs
- 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.
v.t. - to pass idly (usually fol. by away):to loaf one's life away.
- back formation from loafer 1825–35, American.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged loll, idle.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: loaf /ləʊf/ n ( pl loaves /ləʊvz/)- a shaped mass of baked bread
- any shaped or moulded mass of food, such as cooked meat
- slang the head; sense: use your loaf!
Etymology: Old English hlāf; related to Old High German hleib bread, Old Norse hleifr, Latin libum cake loaf /ləʊf/ vb - (intransitive) to loiter or lounge around in an idle way
- (transitive) followed by away: to spend (time) idly: he loafed away his life
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps back formation from loafer |