Loaf Definition

lōf
loafing, loafs, loaves
noun
loaves
A portion of bread baked in one piece, commonly of oblong shape and in a size convenient for table use.
Webster's New World
Any mass of food shaped somewhat like a loaf of bread and baked.
Meatloaf.
Webster's New World
A shaped, usually rounded or oblong, mass of food.
Veal loaf.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Head or brain.
Webster's New World
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verb
loafing, loafs
To spend time idly; loiter or lounge about; idle, dawdle, etc.
Webster's New World
To spend (time) idly.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.

Loaf about, loaf around.
Wiktionary

(Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)

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Other Word Forms of Loaf

Noun

Singular:
loaf
Plural:
loaves

Origin of Loaf

  • From Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hlāf (“loaf, cake, bread, food, sacramental bread"), from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf"), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlÄ«fan (“to stand out prominently, tower up"). Cognate with Scots laif (“loaf"), German Laib (“loaf"), Swedish lev (“loaf"), Russian хлеб (hleb, “bread, loaf").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English lof from Old English hlāf

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably a back-formation from loafer.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably back-formation from loafer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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