Loaves

4 definitions found

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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Loaf sugar}, refined sugar that has been formed into a
        conical loaf in a mold.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Loaves \Loaves\, n.;
     pl. of {Loaf}.
     [1913 Webster]

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loaves
       See {loaf}