loft : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: loft	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for loft
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loft n floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage Synonym(s): loft, attic, garret (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept Synonym(s): loft, pigeon loft v store in a loft propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air" kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball" lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loft \Loft\, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loft \Loft\, n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. {Lift}, v. & n. ] That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx. 9. {On loft}, aloft; on high. Cf. {Onloft}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loft \Loft\, n. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loft \Loft\, v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head. A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Lofted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lofting}.] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.