English noun: loaf | |||
1. | loaf (food) a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating | ||
Synonyms | loaf of bread | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bread, breadstuff, staff of life | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | French loaf, meat loaf, meatloaf | ||
Part holonym | heel | ||
2. | loaf (food) a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape | ||
Samples | Meat loaf. Sugar loaf. A loaf of cheese. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | food, solid food | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | haslet, headcheese, loaf sugar, lunch meat, luncheon meat, pound cake, scrapple, sugar loaf, sugarloaf | ||
English verb: loaf | |||
1. | loaf (stative) be lazy or idle | ||
Samples | Her son is just bumming around all day. | ||
Synonyms | arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | ||
2. | loaf (stative) be about | ||
Samples | The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square. Who is this man that is hanging around the department?. | ||
Synonyms | footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lurch, prowl | ||