loaf

¹loaf

noun \ˈlōf\

plural loaves \ˈlōvz\

Definition of LOAF

1

: a shaped or molded mass of bread

2

: a shaped or molded often symmetrical mass of food

3

slang British : head, mind

Examples of LOAF

1. slicing a loaf of bread

Origin of LOAF

Middle English lof, from Old English hlāf; akin to Old High German hleib loaf

First Known Use: before 12th century

Other Food Terms

Reuben, calamari, chuck, curry, edamame, foie gras, hummus, leaven, nonpareil, peel

Rhymes with LOAF

oaf, qoph

²loaf

intransitive verb

Definition of LOAF

: to spend time in idleness

Examples of LOAF

1. I spent most of the weekend just loafing around the house.
2. <the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf>

Origin of LOAF

probably back-formation from loafer

First Known Use: 1835

Related to LOAF

Synonyms

bum, chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, drone, footle, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), hang about [British], kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, idle, loll, lounge, veg out

Related Words

fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle; doze, estivate (also aestivate), hibernate; lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry; amble, mosey, saunter, stroll, swan; furlough, goldbrick, malinger, truant

Near Antonyms

drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work; apply, buckle (down); exert, put out

See Synonym Discussion at idle