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Definitions for LOAF
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Princeton's WordNet
loaf of bread, loafnoun
a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
loafverb
a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
"meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese"
bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge aboutverb
be lazy or idle
"Her son is just bumming around all day"
loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundverb
be about
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Loafnoun
Etymology: from hlaf or laf , Saxon.
Easy it is
Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know. William Shakespeare.The bread and bread corn in the town sufficed not for six days: hereupon the soldiers entered into proportion; and, to give example, the lord Clinton limited himself to a loaf a day. John Hayward.
With equal force you may break a loaf of bread into more and less parts than a lump of lead of the same bigness. Digby.
Your wine becomes so limpid, that you may bottle it with a piece of loaf sugar in each bottle. John Mortimer.
Wikipedia
Loaf
A loaf (PL: loaves) is a (usually) rounded or oblong mass of food, typically and originally of bread. It is common to bake bread in a rectangular bread pan, also called a loaf pan, because some kinds of bread dough tend to collapse and spread out during the cooking process. Doughs with a thicker viscosity can be hand-molded into the desired loaf shape and cooked on a flat oven tray. The shape of doughs with a thinner viscosity can be maintained with a bread pan whose sides are higher than the uncooked dough.The same principle applies to non-bread products such as meatloaf and cakes that are cooked so as to retain their shape during the cooking process. In determining the size of the loaf, the cook or baker must take into consideration the need for heat to penetrate the loaf evenly during the cooking process, so that no parts are overcooked or undercooked. Many kinds of mass-produced bread are distinctly squared, with well-defined corners on the bottom of the loaf. Loaves of rectangular shape can be made more or less identical, and can be packed and shipped efficiently.
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loaf
A loaf is a shape or quantity, usually oblong, in which bread or other types of baked goods such as cake are typically made. It can also refer to a portion of something that is shaped or molded into a particular form.
Webster Dictionary
Loafnoun
any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake
Loafverb
to spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about
Loafverb
to spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away
Etymology: [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klpas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.]
Wikidata
Loaf
Loaf is the first live album release by the jam band moe. Recorded live at The Wetlands Preserve in New York City, New York on November 24 and 25 1995. 2,000 copies were released. It is out of print.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Loaf
lōf, n. a regularly shaped mass of bread: a mass of sugar: any lump:—pl. Loaves (lōvz).—n. Loaf′-sug′ar, refined sugar in the form of a cone.—Loaves and fishes, temporal benefits, the main chance for one's self—from John, vi. 26. [A.S. hláf.]
Loaf
lōf, v.i. to loiter, pass time idly.—n. Loaf′er.—adj. Loaf′erish. [Prob. directly Ger. läufer, a runner, laufen, to run about.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of LOAF in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of LOAF in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of LOAF in a Sentence
Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Americans don’t need crumbs, they need the whole loaf.
We're in a situation where because of a war in Ukraine, gas prices and food prices are extremely high, for example, we got millions of tons of wheat that is not able to get out and get to market. It's causing everything from a loaf of bread to cost so much money, to food shortages all across the world.
Doesn't it behoove the people who rejected the half a loaf and continue to attack … Hamas's charter says they just want to wipe out The Israelis. Their negotiation position is' You all die,' the two-state solution has been on the table a number of times. There could be an Arab capital in East Jerusalem now if Yasser Arafat had accepted that in 2003. He did not.
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- رغيفArabic
- pecen, zahálet, bochníkCzech
- хлѣбъOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- torthWelsh
- nichts tun, herumlungern, rumhängen, LaibGerman
- φρατζόλα, καρβέλιGreek
- mollera, holgazanear, panSpanish
- limppuFinnish
- paresser, savonnette, baguette, micheFrench
- builín, bollóg, bairínIrish
- lofScottish Gaelic
- vekniHungarian
- hleifur, brauð, slóraIcelandic
- pagnotta, bighellare, trastullarsi, pane in cassetta, girovagare, oziare, panetto, capoccia, pan carrè, vagabondareItalian
- パン一斤, パン一塊Japanese
- ბატონიGeorgian
- pānisLatin
- klaips, kukulis, slaistītiesLatvian
- ānewanewa, rohiMāori
- безделничи, денгуби, сомун, векнаMacedonian
- broodDutch
- bochenekPolish
- vadiar, pãoPortuguese
- батон, булка, буханкаRussian
- hlȅb, vekna, veknica, hljȅb, štrȕcaSerbo-Croatian
- štruca, hlebec, hlebSlovene
- limpaSwedish
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