Definition of Loaf

1. Noun. A shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating.

Exact synonyms: Loaf Of Bread
Generic synonyms: Bread, Breadstuff, Staff Of Life
Terms within: Heel
Specialized synonyms: French Loaf, Meat Loaf, Meatloaf

2. Verb. Be lazy or idle. "Her son is just bumming around all day"

3. Noun. A quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape. "A loaf of cheese"

4. Verb. Be about. "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
Exact synonyms: Footle, Hang Around, Lallygag, Linger, Loiter, Lollygag, Lounge, Lurk, Mess About, Mill About, Mill Around, Tarry
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Lurch, Prowl
Derivative terms: Lingerer, Loiterer, Lounger

Definition of Loaf

1. n. Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

2. v. i. To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.

3. v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.

Definition of Loaf

1. Noun. (''also'' '''loaf of bread''') A block of bread after baking. ¹

2. Noun. Any solid block of food, such as meat. ¹

3. Noun. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase '''use one's loaf'''). ¹

4. Noun. A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle. ¹

6. Verb. (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loaf

1. a shaped mass of bread [n LOAVES] / to pass time idly [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loaf

loading spaces
loading zone
loading zones
loadings
loadmaster
loadmasters
loads
loadsa
loadsamoney
loadspace
loadspaces
loadstar
loadstars
loadstone
loadstones
loaf (current term)
loaf about
loaf around
loaf of bread
loaf sugar
loafed
loafer
loafered
loafers
loafing
loafings
loaflike
loafs
loam
loamed

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