Definitions for loaf
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. loaf of bread, loafnoun

   a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

2. loafverb

   a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape

   "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese"

3. 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"

4. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loafnoun

   Etymology: from hlaf or laf , Saxon.

   1. A mass of bread as it is formed by the baker: a loaf is thicker than a cake.

   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.

   2. Any mass into which a body is wrought.

   Your wine becomes so limpid, that you may bottle it with a piece of loaf sugar in each bottle. John Mortimer.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Loafnoun

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

2. Loafverb

   to spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about

3. Loafverb

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

4. Etymology: [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. klpas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.]

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

2. 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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1. LOAF

   What does LOAF stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the LOAF acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. foal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of loaf in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of loaf in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of loaf in a Sentence

1. Amanda Orso:

   I left [the bread] out on my stovetop and my 100 percent Italian husband came home and ate half the loaf, so I thought it must be good if my Italian husband is eating this bread.

2. Chinese Proverb:

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

3. Nasser Rebouh:

   I could go out to buy a loaf of bread and find Nasser Rebouh with a bullet in the head, that's our daily reality... We're forced to live like this, we don't have a choice.

4. Anthony Bourdain:

   I mean, I never had the highest opinion of him in the first place, but I guess he’s the last person in this life I should look to for principles, david Burke went in and took over [ the space Jose Andres had originally occupied ], and promptly tried to poach David Burke staff, I hear. This was after Jose Andres reached out and said Everyone welcome Jose Andres to Washington, don’t hold it against Jose Andres, just because I decided to pull out. So Burke’s a steaming loaf of sh --, as far as I ’m concerned, and feel free to quote me.

5. Omar Khayym:

   A Book of Verses undeneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness- Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=loaf
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=loaf
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaf
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loaf
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=loaf
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=loaf