Loaf

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loaf \Loaf\, v. t.
     To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     {Loaf sugar}, refined sugar that has been formed into a
        conical loaf in a mold.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}, {bum around}, {bum about}, {arse around}, {arse
            about}, {fuck off}, {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}]
       [also: {loaves} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "loaf":
     Communion, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Host, Last Supper,
     Sacrament Sunday, altar bread, batch, bean, block, brains, bread,
     bread and wine, brick, bulk, bum, bum around, cake, chump, chunk,
     clod, clump, consecrated bread, consecrated elements,
     consubstantiation, cube, do nothing, elements, fritter away, gob,
     goldbrick, goof off, hang around, head, hunk, idle, idle away,
     impanation, intinction, lallygag, laze, lazy, lie around, loiter,
     loiter about, loll, loll around, lollop around, lollygag, lounge,
     lounge around, lump, mass, mooch around, moon, moon around, noddle,
     noggin, noodle, nugget, pat, quantity, real presence, sense,
     sit around, skive, slouch, slouch around, stand around,
     subpanation, take it easy, the Holy Sacrament, the Sacrament,
     transubstantiation, vegetate, wad, wafer, waste