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Pronunciation : Loaf
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [OE. lof, laf, AS. hlaf; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. kl?pas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

pl. Loaves.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Loaf
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See Leap.]
Definition : Defn: To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. " Loafing vagabonds." W. Black.

i. [imp. & p. p. Loafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loafing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Loaf
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913