Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Loaf"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
{Loaf sugar}, refined sugar that has been formed into a
conical loaf in a mold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loaf \Loaf\, v. t.
To spend in idleness; -- with away; as, to loaf time away.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loaf
n : a shaped mass of baked bread [syn: {loaf of bread}]
v 1: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
[syn: {bum around}, {bum about}, {arse around}, {arse
about}, {fuck off}, {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},
{lallygag}, {hang around}, {mess about}, {tarry}, {linger},
{lurk}, {mill about}, {mill around}]
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