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loaf — I. /loʊf / (say lohf) noun (plural loaves /loʊvz / (say lohvz)) 1. a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass of definite form. 2. a shaped or moulded mass of food, as of sugar, chopped meat, etc.: a veal loaf. {Middle English lo(o)f, Old English …
Loaf — Loaf, v. t. To spend in idleness; with away; as, to loaf time away. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loaf — Ⅰ. loaf [1] ► NOUN (pl. loaves) ▪ a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece. ● half a loaf is better than no bread Cf. ↑half a loaf is better than no bread ● use one s loaf Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
loaf — [n] block of something bun, cake, cube, dough, lump, mass, pastry, roll, slab, twist; concepts 436,457,460,461 loaf [v] be idle, lazy be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum*, bum around*, dally, dillydally*, dream, drift, evade … New thesaurus
loaf — loaf1 [lōf] n. pl. loaves [lōvz] [ME lof < OE hlaf, akin to Ger laib, OHG hlaib, ON hleifr, Goth hlaifs] 1. a portion of bread baked in one piece, commonly of oblong shape and in a size convenient for table use 2. any mass of food shaped… … English World dictionary
loaf — loaf1 /lohf/, n., pl. loaves /lohvz/. 1. a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top. 2. a shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat: a veal loaf. 3. Brit. a. the rounded head of a cabbage,… … Universalium
loaf — I [[t]loʊf[/t]] n. pl. loaves (lōvz). 1) coo a portion of bread or cake usu. baked in an oblong mass with a rounded top 2) coo a shaped or molded mass of food, as of chopped meat: a veal loaf[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 950; ME lo(o)f, OE hlāf loaf,… … From formal English to slang
loaf — 1. n. (pl. loaves) 1 a portion of baked bread, usu. of a standard size or shape. 2 a quantity of other food formed into a particular shape (sugar loaf; meat loaf). 3 sl. the head, esp. as a source of common sense (use your loaf). Phrases and… … Useful english dictionary
loaf — loaf1 noun (plural loaves) a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece. Phrases use one s loaf Brit. informal use one s common sense. [prob. from loaf of bread, rhyming sl. for head .] Origin OE hlāf, of Gmc origin. loaf2 verb idle… … English new terms dictionary
loaf — Synonyms and related words: Communion, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Host, Last Supper, Sacrament Sunday, altar bread, batch, bean, block, brains, bread, bread and wine, brick, bulk, bum, bum around, cake, chump, chunk, clod, clump, consecrated… … Moby Thesaurus
loaf — I n block, brick, cake, slab; lump, Inf. hunk, Inf. chunk. II v 1. laze, lounge, idle, do nothing, vegetate, watch the river flow, let the grass grow under one s feet, twiddle one s thumbs, Inf. lallygag; lie around, lounge around, loll around,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
