loaf

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

loaves

1.
(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
2.
Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
3.
(Cockney, abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, slang)(Cockney rhyming slang) Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
use one's loaf
Đồng nghĩa: bonce, noddle, nut, bean, beaner, belfry, block, bonce, brainbox, brain bucket, dome, head, loaf, lolly, napper, noodle, noddle, noggin, nut, sconce, skull
4.
A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
5.
(cellular automata) A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
6.
(informal, slang)A catloaf.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

loafs

V_ing/Gerund

loafing

V_ed/pp

loafed

1.
(Cockney, slang)(Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt
2.
(intransitive)To do nothing, to be idle.
loaf about, loaf around
2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text They don’t (often) kill other animals, they probably form monogamous pairs, and we know they share parental care of chicks, and loaf and bathe in large, congenial groups.

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Đồng nghĩa

bonce noddle nut bean beaner belfry blockbrainboxbrain bucketdome head lolly napper noodle noggin sconce skull idle laze lounge

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

* From Middle English laf, lof, loof, from Old English hlāf (bread; loaf), from *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (bread; loaf), of origin. Perhaps related to hlifian. 2 cog Cognate with Laib, lev, leivur, hleifur, leiv, 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍃, 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (bread) (whence (see there for further descendants)), leib, leipä; also klaips, kliẽpas. chleb khleb. * brain or head Rhyming slang, loaf of bread.