loft

UK /lɒft/ US /lɔft/
noun 6verb 5adj 1name 1

Definitions

noun

1

Air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

2

An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

3

An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

an artist's loft

4

The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

maximum loft

5

A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.

a choir loft

verb

1

To propel high into the air.

Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.

2

To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled

When she saw houses lofting past her window, she ran to the child, who slept on a feather bed and she gathered the coverlet around them both.

3

To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.

4

To furnish with a loft space.

Two sisters, one under fifteen years of age, have lofted the house, so as to have a room for themselves.

5

To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.

Lofting a bed is much harder work than it seems, and pulling a nail out with the back of a hammer is much simpler than using your own nails.

adj

1

Lofty; proud; haughty.

A heart, where dread was never so imprest To hide the thought that might the truth advance; In neither fortune loft, nor yet represt

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