loft

(lôft, lŏft)

1. a. A large, usually unpartitioned floor over a factory, warehouse, or other commercial or industrial space.
   b. Such a floor converted into an apartment or artist's studio.
2. An open space under a roof; an attic or garret.
3. A gallery or balcony, as in a church.
4. A hayloft.
5. Sports
   a. The backward slant of the face of a golf club head, designed to drive the ball in a high arc.
   b. A golf stroke that drives the ball in a high arc.
   c. The upward course of a ball driven in a high arc.
6. a. The thickness of a fabric or yarn.
   b. The thickness of an item, such as a down comforter, that is filled with compressible insulating material.

1. To put, store, or keep in a loft.
2. To propel in a high arc: lofted the ball into the outfield.
3. Nautical To lay out a full-size drawing of (the parts of a ship's hull, for example).

1. To propel something, especially a ball, in a high arc.
2. To rise high into the air.