loaf as a noun: - 1
- 2
as a verb: - 1
- 2
loaf
noun
1 loaf
A shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating.
synonym: loaf of bread.
Roget 192:
size,
magnitude,
dimension,
bulk,
volume;
largeness
etc.
adj.;
greatness
etc.
(of quantity)
31;
expanse
etc.
(space)
180;
amplitude,
mass;
proportions.
capacity,
tonnage,
tunnage;
cordage;
caliber,
scantling.
turgidity
etc.
(expansion)
194;
corpulence,
obesity;
plumpness
etc.
adj.;
embonpoint,
corporation,
flesh and blood,
lustihood.
hugeness
etc.
adj.;
enormity,
immensity,
monstrosity.
giant,
Brobdingnagian,
Antaeus,
Goliath,
Gog and Magog,
Gargantua,
monster,
mammoth,
Cyclops;
cachalot,
whale,
porpoise,
behemoth,
leviathan,
elephant,
hippopotamus;
colossus;
tun,
cord,
lump,
bulk,
block,
loaf,
mass,
swad,
clod,
nugget,
bushel,
thumper,
whooper,
spanker,
strapper;
Triton among the minnows"
[Coriolanus].
mountain,
mound;
heap
etc.
(assemblage)
72.
largest portion
etc.
50;
full size,
life size.
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Dutch: brood
2 loaf
A quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape.
Polish: bochenek
verb
1 loaf
Be lazy or idle.
synonyms: arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time ... show more.
Dutch: dagdieven, freewheelen, lanterfanten, leeglopen, luieren, luilakken, luiwammesen, lummelen, niksen, rondbanjeren, rondhangen, rondlummelen, slabakken, slampampen, slungelen, stilzitten, straatslijpen ... show more
2 loaf
Be about.
synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry ... show more.
Roget 683:
be inactive
etc.
adj.;
do nothing
etc.
681;
move slowly
etc.
275;
let the grass grow under one's feet;
take one's time,
dawdle,
drawl,
droil†,
lag,
hang back,
slouch;
loll,
lollop†;
lounge,
poke,
loaf,
loiter;
go to sleep over;
sleep at one's post,
ne battre que d'une aile [Fr.].
take it easy,
take things as they come;
lead an easy life,
vegetate,
swim with the stream,
eat the bread of idleness;
loll in the lap of luxury,
loll in the lap of indolence;
waste time,
consume time,
kill time,
lose time;
burn daylight,
waste the precious hours.
idle away time,
trifle away time,
fritter away time,
fool away time;
spend time in,
take time in;
peddle,
piddle;
potter,
pudder†,
dabble,
faddle fribble†,
fiddle-faddle;
dally,
dilly-dally.
sleep,
slumber,
be asleep;
hibernate;
oversleep;
sleep like a top,
sleep like a log,
sleep like a dormouse;
sleep soundly,
heavily;
doze,
drowze†,
snooze,
nap;
take a nap
etc.
n.;
dream;
snore one's best;
settle to sleep,
go to sleep,
go off to sleep;
doze off,
drop off;
fall asleep;
drop asleep;
close the eyes,
seal up the eyes,
seal up eyelids;
weigh down the eyelids;
get sleep,
nod,
yawn;
go to bed,
turn;
get some z's,
stack z's [Coll.].
languish,
expend itself,
flag,
hang fire;
relax.
render idle
etc.
adj.;
sluggardize†;
mitigate
etc.
174.
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Dutch: afwachten, lanterfanten, rondhangen, talmen, treuzelen, voortslepen
Moby thesaurus: Communion, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Host, Last Supper, Sacrament Sunday, altar bread, batch, bean, block, brains, bread, bread and wine, brick, bulk, bum, bum around, cake, chump, chunk, clod, clump, consecrated bread, consecrated elements, consubstantiation, cube, do nothing, elements, fritter away, gob, goldbrick, goof off, hang around, head, hunk, idle, idle away, impanation, intinction, lallygag, laze, lazy, lie around, loiter, loiter about, loll, loll around, lollop around, lollygag, lounge, lounge around, lump, mass, mooch around, moon, moon around, noddle, noggin, noodle, nugget, pat, quantity, real presence, sense, sit around, skive, slouch, slouch around, stand around, subpanation, take it easy, the Holy Sacrament, the Sacrament, transubstantiation, vegetate, wad, wafer, waste ... show more.
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