loaf

Noun · Verb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eatingSynonyms: loaf of bread
  2. a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape“meat loaf”“sugar loaf”“a loaf of cheese”

Verb (2)

  1. be lazy or idle“Her son is just bumming around all day”Synonyms: bumbum aroundbum aboutarse aroundarse aboutfuck offfrig aroundwaste one's timelounge aroundlollloll aroundlounge 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?”Synonyms: loiterloungefootlelollygaglallygaghang aroundmess abouttarrylingerlurkmill aboutmill around
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

Loaf \Loaf\, v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away. [1913 Webster]

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]

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