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- [lohf]
- /loʊf/
- /ləʊf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lohf]
- /loʊf/
Definitions of loaf word
- noun plural loaf a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top. 1
- noun plural loaf a shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat: a veal loaf. 1
- noun plural loaf British. the rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc. Slang: Older Use. head or brains: Use your loaf. 1
- verb without object loaf to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing. 1
- verb without object loaf to lounge or saunter lazily and idly: We loafed for hours along the water's edge. 1
- verb with object loaf to pass idly (usually followed by away): to loaf one's life away. 1
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Origin of loaf
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English lo(o)f, Old English hlāf loaf, bread; cognate with German Laib, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs
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Parts of speech for Loaf
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
loaf popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
loaf usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for loaf
noun loaf
- cube — A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
- bun — Buns are small bread rolls. They are sometimes sweet and may contain dried fruit or spices.
- pastry — a sweet baked food made of dough, especially the shortened paste used for pie crust and the like.
- cake — A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat in an oven. Cakes may be large and cut into slices or small and intended for one person only.
- dough — flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.
verb loaf
- loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- loll — to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge: to loll on a sofa.
- malinger — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- hang out — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
Antonyms for loaf
verb loaf
- hurry — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
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