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Antonyms for loaf

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : lohf
Phonetic Transcription : loʊf


Definition of loaf

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Old English hlaf "portion of bread baked in a mass of definite form," from Proto-Germanic *khlaibuz (cf. Old Norse hleifr, Swedish lev, Old Frisian hlef, Old High German hleib, German Laib, Gothic hlaifs "bread, loaf"), of uncertain origin, perhaps connected to Old English hlifian "to raise higher, tower," on the notion of the bread rising as it bakes, but it is unclear whether "loaf" or "bread" is the original sense. Finnish leipä, Old Church Slavonic chlebu, Lithuanian klepas probably are Germanic loan words. Meaning "chopped meat shaped like a bread loaf" is attested from 1787.
  • noun block of something
  • verb be idle, lazy
Example sentences :
  • It has all been very sweet, but it will also be sweet to loaf awhile.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • They want to loaf about, and drink, and be a nuisance to everybody, like some of the rich ones.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • If it had been a loaf of bread he thought it would be more consistent.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The shape of the loaf must also be taken into consideration.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Fig. 14 illustrates a loaf of bread that has risen too much.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • How long the bread should bake depends on the size of the loaf.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • I ain't hired him to loaf 'round all day with Ruby and to sulk when she's gone.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • On top of the barrel was a tin coffeepot, a china cup, and half a loaf of bread.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • And we had the rest of the loaf for our breakfast, with water.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • A black jack of ale and the heel of a loaf at a wayside inn were all my refreshments.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

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