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loaf |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loaf \Loaf\, n.; pl {Loaves}. [OE. lof, laf, AS hl[=a]f; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip Icel. hleifr Goth. hlaifs Russ. khlieb', Lith. kl["e]pas. Cf {Lady}, {Lammas}, {Lord}.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. --Bacon. {Loaf sugar}, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loaf \Loaf\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Loafed}; p. pr & vb n. {Loafing}.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See {Leap}.] To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about `` Loafing vagabonds.'' --W. Black. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loaf \Loaf\, v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away as to loaf time away From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: loaf n : a shaped mass of baked bread [syn: {loaf of bread}] v 1: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" [syn: {bum around}, {bum about}, {arse around}, {arse about}, {frig around}, {waste one's time}, {lounge around}, {loll}, {loll around}, {lounge about}] 2: be about "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" [syn: {loiter}, {lounge}, {footle}, {lollygag}, {lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {tarry}, {linger}, {lurk}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
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