loaf

Speech parts

1. loaf - Noun

2. loaf - Verb

Meaning

Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.

To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lounge tarry idle linger bum lurk loiter laze loll lollygag footle lallygag bum around loaf of bread loll around

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Antonyms

bullock beaver work occupation labour drill

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Hypernyms

food slug bread idle stagnate be

Hyponyms

lurch prowl meatloaf meat loaf haslet sugarloaf

Phrases with the word

use your loaf long straight notched stick loaf long thin loaf of white bread push out a loaf french stick loaf french crusty loaf

Derivatives

loaves loafed loafing

Anagrams

foal AFOL Olaf

Examples

A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou. Omar Khayyám

Steal a loaf of bread and they hang you, steal a land and they'll make you king. David Gemmell

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf. G. K. Chesterton

Half a loaf is better than no bread. English Proverb

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. Chinese Proverb

A half loaf is better than no bread. African Zulu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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