noun

1. 1. an attic or atticlike space, usually not partitioned off into rooms, immediately below the roof of a house, barn, etc.
   2. ☆ any of the upper stories of a warehouse or factory; now often, specif., a dwelling space, artist's studio, etc. on an upper story of a converted warehouse or factory
2. a gallery the choir loft in a church
3. 1. the slope given to the face of a golf club to aid in knocking the ball in a high curve
   2. the height attained by hitting or throwing a ball in a high curve

Etymology: ME lofte < Late OE loft < ON lopt, upper room, air, sky (akin to OE lyft, air, sky) < IE base *leup-, *leubh-, to peel off > leaf

transitive verb

1. to store in a loft
2. 1. to hit or throw (a golf ball, baseball, etc.) into the air in a high curve
   2. to throw (a bowling ball) so that it strikes the alley sharply some distance past the foul line

intransitive verb