Loaf Definition

lōf

loafing, loafs, loaves

noun

loaves

A portion of bread baked in one piece, commonly of oblong shape and in a size convenient for table use.

Webster's New World

Any mass of food shaped somewhat like a loaf of bread and baked.

Meatloaf.

Webster's New World

A shaped, usually rounded or oblong, mass of food.

Veal loaf.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

Head or brain.

Webster's New World

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verb

loafing, loafs

To spend time idly; loiter or lounge about; idle, dawdle, etc.

Webster's New World

To spend (time) idly.

Webster's New World

(intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.

Loaf about, loaf around.

Wiktionary

(Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Loaf

Singular:

loaf

Plural:

From Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hlāf (“loaf, cake, bread, food, sacramental bread"), from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf"), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlÄ«fan (“to stand out prominently, tower up"). Cognate with Scots laif (“loaf"), German Laib (“loaf"), Swedish lev (“loaf"), Russian хлеб (hleb, “bread, loaf").

From Wiktionary
Middle English lof from Old English hlāf

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably a back-formation from loafer.

From Wiktionary
Probably back-formation from loafer

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition