loft

Noun · Verb
US[lawft]/lɔft/1 syllable
Synonyms: atticgarretpigeon loftthrow

Open English WordNet

Noun (4)

  1. floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial spaceType of floor, levelKinds artist's loft
  2. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storageSynonyms: atticgarretType of floor, levelKinds hayloft, cockloftPart of house
  3. (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the airType of pitch, rake
  4. a raised shelter in which pigeons are keptSynonyms: pigeon loftType of shelter

Verb (4)lofted, lofting

  1. store in a loftMore general store
  2. kick or strike high in the air“loft a ball”More general hit
  3. lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hullMore general lay out
  4. propel through the air“throw a frisbee”“The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air”Synonyms: throwMore general propel, impelMore specific fling, hurl, chuck, heave, drive, lob, flip, pelt, ridge, deliver +10 more

Related words garret noun, throw noun, thrower noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Loft (lŏft), noun

Origin: Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, verb & noun

1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. especially, an upper story located in a building with a business below, often having no partitions, and in cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or used as studios for artists.

Eutychus... fell down from the third loft.— Acts xx. 9.

2. Golf Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward).

On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. obsolete Geoffrey Chaucer

Loft adjective

Lofty; proud. rare & obsolete Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

Loft transitive verb

To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.

A wooden club with a lofted face.— Encyc. of Sport.
Loft transitive & intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Lofted; present participle & verbal noun Lofting.]

To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. Golf, to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC, 1913 supplement

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