What does "loaf" mean?
Loaf: Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. Bacon. Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
Additional senses
- 2.To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.
- 3.To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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