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1 loaf
2) ( bread-shaped food) Kasten-;fruit \loaf englischer Früchtekuchen;nut \loaf Nusskuchen mPHRASES:faulenzen, rumhängen ( fam) -
2 loaf
I noun, pl. loaves1) Brot, das; [Brot]laib, dera brown/white loaf — ein dunkles Brot/Weißbrot
half a loaf is better than no bread or none — (prov.) wenig ist besser als gar nichts
2) (coll.): (head)II intransitive verbuse one's loaf — seinen Grips anstrengen (ugs.)
loaf round town/the house — in der Stadt/zu Hause herumlungern (ugs.)
* * *I [ləuf] plural - loaves; noun(a shaped mass of bread: a sliced loaf.) der LaibII [ləuf] verb(with about or around) to pass time without doing anything in particular: They were loafing about (the street). herumlungern- academic.ru/43447/loafer">loafer* * *loaf1<pl loaves>[ləʊf, AM loʊf]n2. (bread-shaped food) Kasten-fruit \loaf englischer Früchtekuchennut \loaf Nusskuchen m3.loaf2[ləʊf, AM loʊf]vi faulenzen, rumhängen fam* * *[ləʊf]n pl loavesBrot nt; (unsliced) (Brot)laib m; (= meat loaf) Hackbraten muse your loaf! (inf) — streng deinen Grips an (inf)
* * *loaf1 [ləʊf] pl loaves [ləʊvz] s1. a) Laib m (Brot)b) weitS. Brot n:a white loaf ein (Laib) Weißbrot;the miracle of the loaves and fishes BIBEL die Speisung der Fünftausend2. Zuckerhut m:loaf sugar Hutzucker m3. GASTR Hackbraten m4. Br sl Hirn n, Verstand m:use one’s loaf sein Hirn anstrengen, (nach)denkenloaf2 [ləʊf] umgA v/i2. faulenzen* * *I noun, pl. loaves1) Brot, das; [Brot]laib, dera brown/white loaf — ein dunkles Brot/Weißbrot
half a loaf is better than no bread or none — (prov.) wenig ist besser als gar nichts
2) (coll.): (head)II intransitive verbuse one's loaf — seinen Grips anstrengen (ugs.)
loaf round town/the house — in der Stadt/zu Hause herumlungern (ugs.)
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3 loaf about (Brit) or around
vi (inf)faulenzenhe loafed about or around the house all day — er hing den ganzen Tag zu Hause herum (inf)
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4 fart about (Brit) or around
vi1) (= rush around) hin und her sausen (inf)2) (= loaf around) herumbummeln (inf)stop farting about or around and do some work — jetzt halte dich nicht länger auf und arbeite mal was (inf)
to fart about or around with sth — an etw (dat) herumfummeln (inf)
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loaf — loaf1 [ləuf US louf] n plural loaves [ləuvz US louvz] [: Old English; Origin: hlaf] 1.) bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and can be cut into ↑slice s ▪ a loaf of bread white/wholemeal/granary etc loaf BrE a sliced loaf … Dictionary of contemporary English
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loaf — 1 noun plural loaves, (C) 1 bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and can be cut into slices: a loaf of bread 2 meat/nut loaf meat or nuts that have been cut very finely, pressed together, and baked 3 use your loaf BrE old fashioned used to … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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loaf — I n block, brick, cake, slab; lump, Inf. hunk, Inf. chunk. II v 1. laze, lounge, idle, do nothing, vegetate, watch the river flow, let the grass grow under one s feet, twiddle one s thumbs, Inf. lallygag; lie around, lounge around, loll around,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
loaf — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dough, roll, twist, bun, pastry, mass, lump, cube; see also bread 1 , cake 2 . v. 1. [To do nothing useful] Syn. idle, trifle, lounge, kill time, be inactive, be unoccupied, be slothful, be indolent, vegetate, dally, take… … English dictionary for students