loaf
(Slang)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- lump, block, cake, cube, slab
- head, gumption (Brit. informal), nous (Brit. slang), sense
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[verb]
idle, laze, lie around, loiter, lounge around, take it easy

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Contrasted words: labor, toil, travail, work

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. loaf¹ /ləʊf $ loʊf/ noun (plural loaves /ləʊvz $ loʊvz/)
[Language: Old English; Origin: hlaf]

1. [countable] bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and can be cut into slices:
a loaf of bread
white/wholemeal/granary etc loaf British English
a sliced loaf British English

2. [uncountable and countable] food that has been cut into very small pieces, pressed together, and baked:
a meat loaf

3. use your loaf British English old-fashioned used to tell someone to think more carefully about what they are doing

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. loaf² verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Probably from loafer]
written to spend time somewhere and not do very much Synonym : hang around/round
loaf around/about
They spend all day loafing around on street corners.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

loaf
noun
ADJ. fresh, stale | cut, sliced | brown, white, wholemeal, etc.
VERB + LOAF bake | cut, slice
LOAF + NOUN tin
PHRASES a loaf of bread

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

loaf
̈ɪləuf
See: half a loaf is better than none or half a loaf is better than no bread

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲