loaf

[US]/ləʊf/
[UK]/loʊf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a block or piece; a type of bread; wandering
vt. to spend time aimlessly; to idle
vi. to be idle or aimless; to wander.

Phrases & Collocations

whole wheat loaf

freshly baked loaf

loaf of bread

meat loaf

Example Sentences

slice a loaf of bread.

to bake a loaf of bread

grease a 450 g loaf tin.

Don't loaf away your time.

Half a loaf is better than no bread.

Weigh that loaf of bread on the balance, please.

Don't loaf your life away.

A strong man is not willing to be a loafer or sponger.

meat loaf that contained oatmeal as an extender.

He was fired when he loafed on the job.

Is it right to loaf about when so much work needs to be done?

He loafed about the street looking for something to do.

You are loafing through life, you lazy fellow!

don't let him see you loafing about with your hands in your pockets.

Or what man of you, if his son asks him for a loaf, will give him a stone?

They’re only going to agree to some of this, but half a loaf is better than none, I suppose.

He allowed me to waste those two precious years in loafing about at home.

I don't like to see young people loafing about the town with nothing to do.

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