[syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loaf \Loaf\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loafed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Loafing.] [G. laufen to run, Prov. G. loofen. See Leap.]
To spend time in idleness; to lounge or loiter about. "
Loafing vagabonds." --W. Black.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loaf \Loaf\, v. t.
To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Loaf \Loaf\, n.; pl. Loaves. [OE. lof, laf, AS. hl[=a]f; akin
to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ.
khlieb', Lith. kl["e]pas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.]
Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly
shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. --Bacon.
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Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a
conical loaf in a mold.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
loaf
n 1: a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before
eating [syn: loaf of bread, loaf]
2: a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular
shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese"
v 1: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
[syn: bum, bum around, bum about, arse around,
arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste
one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around,
lounge about]
2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the
department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag,
loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry,
linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]