loaf
loaf 1
(lōf)n. pl. loaves (lōvz)
1. A shaped mass of bread baked in one piece.
2. A shaped, usually rounded or oblong, mass of food: veal loaf.
[Middle English lof, from Old English hlāf, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz, perhaps from the same European substrate source as Greek klībanos, krībanos, earthen vessel for baking, tandoor.]
Word History: Loaf, lord, and lady are closely related words that testify to bread's fundamental importance in the Middle Ages. Curiously, though bread was a staple food in many Indo-European cultures, loaf and its cognates occur only in the Germanic languages, and lord and lady only in English. Loaf derives from Old English hlāf, "bread, loaf of bread," related to Gothic hlaifs, Old Norse hleifr, and Modern German Laib, all of which mean "loaf of bread." Hlāf survives in Lammas, originally Hlāfmaesse, "Loaf-Mass," the Christian Feast of the First Fruits, traditionally celebrated on August 1. Lord comes from Old English hlāford, a compound meaning "loaf-ward, keeper of bread," because a lord maintains and feeds his household and offers hospitality. Similarly, lady derives from Old English hlǣfdige, which became lady by 1382. The -dige comes from dæge, "kneader," and is related to our dough. A lady, therefore, is "a kneader of bread, a breadmaker." Lord and lady both retain vestiges of their original meanings, although England's aristocrats have not been elbow deep in flour, let alone dough, for several centuries.
loaf 2
(lōf)intr.v. loafed, loaf·ing, loafs
To pass time at leisure; idle.
[Probably back-formation from loafer.]
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loaf
(ləʊf)n, pl loaves (ləʊvz)
1. (Cookery) a shaped mass of baked bread
2. (Cookery) any shaped or moulded mass of food, such as cooked meat
3. slang the head; sense: use your loaf!.
[Old English hlāf; related to Old High German hleib bread, Old Norse hleifr, Latin libum cake]
loaf
(ləʊf)vb
1. (intr) to loiter or lounge around in an idle way
2. (foll by: away) to spend (time) idly: he loafed away his life.
[C19: perhaps back formation from loafer]
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loaf1
(loʊf)n., pl. loaves (lōvz).
1. a portion of bread or cake usu. baked in an oblong mass with a rounded top.
2. a shaped or molded mass of food, as of chopped meat: a veal loaf.
[before 950; Middle English lo(o)f, Old English hlāf loaf, bread, c. Old High German leip, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs]
loaf2
(loʊf)v.i.
1. to idle away time.
2. to lounge or saunter lazily and idly.
v.t.3. to pass idly (usu. fol. by away): to loaf one's life away.
[1825–35, back formation from loafer]
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loaf
- bread bag - A plastic wrapper in which a loaf of bread is sold, intended to keep the bread fresh for longer than it would be if unwrapped.
- loaf - A head on a cabbage.
- bread - In Old English, it meant "piece, morsel," while actual bread was known as "loaf."
- crumb - The soft inner part of a bread roll, slice, or loaf.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
loaf
Past participle: loafed
Gerund: loafing
| Imperative |
|---|
| loaf |
| loaf |
| Present |
|---|
| I loaf |
| you loaf |
| he/she/it loafs |
| we loaf |
| you loaf |
| they loaf |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I loafed |
| you loafed |
| he/she/it loafed |
| we loafed |
| you loafed |
| they loafed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am loafing |
| you are loafing |
| he/she/it is loafing |
| we are loafing |
| you are loafing |
| they are loafing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have loafed |
| you have loafed |
| he/she/it has loafed |
| we have loafed |
| you have loafed |
| they have loafed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was loafing |
| you were loafing |
| he/she/it was loafing |
| we were loafing |
| you were loafing |
| they were loafing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had loafed |
| you had loafed |
| he/she/it had loafed |
| we had loafed |
| you had loafed |
| they had loafed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will loaf |
| you will loaf |
| he/she/it will loaf |
| we will loaf |
| you will loaf |
| they will loaf |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have loafed |
| you will have loafed |
| he/she/it will have loafed |
| we will have loafed |
| you will have loafed |
| they will have loafed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be loafing |
| you will be loafing |
| he/she/it will be loafing |
| we will be loafing |
| you will be loafing |
| they will be loafing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been loafing |
| you have been loafing |
| he/she/it has been loafing |
| we have been loafing |
| you have been loafing |
| they have been loafing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been loafing |
| you will have been loafing |
| he/she/it will have been loafing |
| we will have been loafing |
| you will have been loafing |
| they will have been loafing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been loafing |
| you had been loafing |
| he/she/it had been loafing |
| we had been loafing |
| you had been loafing |
| they had been loafing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would loaf |
| you would loaf |
| he/she/it would loaf |
| we would loaf |
| you would loaf |
| they would loaf |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have loafed |
| you would have loafed |
| he/she/it would have loafed |
| we would have loafed |
| you would have loafed |
| they would have loafed |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  loaf - a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eatingbread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked heel - one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread French loaf - a loaf of French bread |
| 2. | loaf - a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese" solid food, food - any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment; "food and drink" loaf sugar, sugar loaf, sugarloaf - a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar pound cake - rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour haslet - heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised headcheese - sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig lunch meat, luncheon meat - any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold scrapple - scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying | |
| Verb | 1. |  loaf - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time, arse about, arse around, bum, loll laze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning" |
| 2. |  loaf - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"footle, hang around, lallygag, loiter, lollygag, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry, lounge, lurk, linger be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
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loaf
1loaf
2verb idle, hang around, take it easy, lie around, loiter, loll, laze, lounge around, doss (Brit. slang), veg out (slang, chiefly U.S.), be indolent She studied, and I just loafed around.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
loaf
verbTo pass time without working or in avoiding work:
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Translations
bochníkpecenpotloukat sezahálet
brøddrive
leipä
štrucahljeb
brauðbrauîhleifurhleifurslæpast, slóra
パンのひと塊
덩어리
klaiņotklaipsklīstkukulisslaistīties
bochník
hlebec
limpa
ก้อนขนมปัง
ổ
loaf
1 [ləʊf]
A. N (loaves (pl))
1. [of bread] (unsliced) → pan m de molde; (sliced) → pan m de molde (en rebanadas); (= French bread) → barra f
use your loaf! (Brit) → ¡espabílate!
half a loaf is better than no bread → menos da una piedra, peor es nada RHYMING SLANG
loaf
2 [ləʊf] VI (also loaf about, loaf around) → holgazanear, flojear (LAm)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
loaf
[ˈləʊf] [loaves] (pl) n
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
loaf
n pl <loaves> → Brot nt; (unsliced) → (Brot)laib m; (= meat loaf) → Hackbraten m; a loaf of bread → ein (Laib) Brot; a small white loaf → ein kleines Weißbrot; half a loaf is better than none or than no bread (Prov) → (wenig ist) besser als gar nichts; use your loaf! (inf) → streng deinen Grips an (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
loaf
1 [ləʊf] n (loaves (pl)) → pagnotta, pane m
half a loaf is better than no bread (Proverb) → meglio poco che niente
loaf
2 [ləʊf] vi (also loaf about, loaf around) → oziare, bighellonare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
loaf1
(ləuf) – plural loaves (louvz) – nouna shaped mass of bread. a sliced loaf.
loaf2
(ləuf) verb(with about or around) to pass time without doing anything in particular. They were loafing about (the street).
ˈloafer nounan idle loafer.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
loaf
→ رَغِيْفٌ bochník brød Laib φραντζόλα barra de pan, hogaza de pan leipä pain štruca pagnotta パンのひと塊 덩어리 brood brød bochenek pão de forma буханка limpa ก้อนขนมปัง somun ổ 一条面包Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009