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loft
[ lawft, loft ]
noun
- a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- a gallery or upper level in a church, hall, etc., designed for a special purpose:
a choir loft.
- a hayloft.
- an upper story of a business building, warehouse, or factory, typically consisting of open, unpartitioned floor area.
- such an upper story converted or adapted to any of various uses, as quarters for living, studios for artists or dancers, exhibition galleries, or theater space.
- Also called loft bed. a balcony or platform built over a living area and used especially for sleeping.
- Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. an attic.
- Golf.
- the slope of the face of the head of a club backward from the vertical, tending to drive the ball upward.
- the act of lofting.
- a lofting stroke.
- the resiliency of fabric or yarn, especially wool.
- the thickness of a fabric or of insulation used in a garment, as a down-filled jacket.
verb (used with object)
- to hit or throw aloft:
He lofted a fly ball into center field.
- Golf.
- to slant the face of (a club).
- to hit (a golf ball) into the air or over an obstacle.
- to clear (an obstacle) in this manner.
- to store in a loft.
- Shipbuilding. to form or describe (the lines of a hull) at full size, as in a mold loft; lay off.
- Archaic. to provide (a house, barn, etc.) with a loft.
verb (used without object)
- to hit or throw something aloft, especially a ball.
- to go high into the air when hit, as a ball.
loft
/ ±ôÉ’´Ú³Ù /
noun
- the space inside a roof
- a gallery, esp one for the choir in a church
- a room over a stable used to store hay
- an upper storey of a warehouse or factory, esp when converted into living space
- a raised house or coop in which pigeons are kept
- sport
- (in golf) the angle from the vertical made by the club face to give elevation to a ball
- elevation imparted to a ball
- a lofting stroke or shot
verb
- sport to strike or kick (a ball) high in the air
- to store or place in a loft
- to lay out a full-scale working drawing of (the lines of a vessel's hull)
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô´Ç´Ú³Ùl±ð²õ²õ adjective
- ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·±ô´Ç´Ú³Ù noun
- ·É±ð±ô±ô-±ô´Ç´Ú³ÙĻå adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of loft1
Example Sentences
When police in Wales found two Albanian men hiding in a loft, they were told they had been victims of human trafficking.
Garland — who had a power-play goal in the second period — lofted a wrist shot from the left faceoff circle under the blocker of goalie David Rittich for his 16th goal of the season.
The research I and others have done identifies lofted burning embers as the principal source for starting numerous, simultaneous small ignitions within the community.
For a year, she had been having furniture, vases, lamps and oil paintings of the ocean delivered to the couple’s San Francisco loft, where they had little room for them.
On the streets of Altadena, thick black smoke was limiting visibility to several feet in some areas, and howling winds lofted burning embers over the heads of firefighters.
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