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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Loaf

/lōf/ · IPA /loʊf/
01 n. Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.
pl. Loaves ((#))
  1. 1.
    Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.
Phrases & compounds
Loaf sugar — refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.
02 v. i. To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
imp. & p. p. Loafed; p. pr. & vb. n. Loafing
  1. 1.
    To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about.
03 v. t. To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
  1. 1.
    To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.