loaf : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: loaf	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for loaf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loaf n a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating Synonym(s): loaf of bread, loaf a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese" v be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day" Synonym(s): bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" Synonym(s): loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loaf \Loaf\, v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loaf \Loaf\, n.; pl. {Loaves}. [OE. lof, laf, AS. hl[be]f; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. kl[89]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. {Loaf sugar}, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd] Loafing vagabonds.[b8] --W. Black.