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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 | ||
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