loaf

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[edit] English

two loaves (1) of bread
two loaves (1) of bread

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English hlāf.

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Singular
loaf

Plural
loaves

loaf (plural loaves)

  1. (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
  2. Any solid block of food, such as meat.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened from "loaf of bread", the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf).
  4. A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut.

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  • (soap) Miller, J.L. "Customers believe in downstate Soap Fairy", The News Journal, B10, January 10, 2006.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Probably a back-formation from loafer.

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Infinitive
to loaf

Third person singular
loafs

Simple past
loafed

Past participle
loafed

Present participle
loafing

to loaf (third-person singular simple present loafs, present participle loafing, simple past and past participle loafed)

  1. (intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.
    loaf about, loaf around

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