loaf

Definition

  • noun: an amount of bread that has been baked in a long, round, or square shape
  • noun: a shaped or molded mass of bread
  • verb: to spend time relaxing instead of working
  • verb: to spend time in idleness
  • synonyms: twist, cob, brick

Examples

  • He has been accused of 'loafing' on the job. [=he has been accused of not working when he should be working]

  • I spent most of the weekend just 'loafing' around the house.

  • slicing a 'loaf' of bread

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) to consider that any man, woman, or child in this magnificent country of ours should have to look upon a loaf of bread as a luxury. We're going to dig water wells here, and water wells means irrigation. Irrigation means cultivation. We're going to raise crops here where (..)
    2007 There Will Be Blood