LOFT

loft, attic, garret

(noun) floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

loft, pigeon loft

(noun) a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

loft

(noun) floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

loft

(noun) (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air

loft

(verb) lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel’s hull

loft

(verb) kick or strike high in the air; “loft a ball”

loft

(verb) propel through the air; “The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air”

loft

(verb) store in a loft

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

LOFT (plural LOFTs)

(nuclear industry) loss of fluid test

Synonyms

• loss of fluid test

Etymology

Noun

loft (plural lofts)

(obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

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

(textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

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

(golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).

(obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.

Verb

loft (third-person singular simple present lofts, present participle lofting, simple past and past participle lofted)

(transitive) To propel high into the air.

(intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled

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

(transitive) To furnish with a loft space.

Adjective

loft (comparative more loft, superlative most loft)

(obsolete, rare) lofty; proud; haughty

Source: Wiktionary

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Loft, n. Etym: [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]

Definition: That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially: (a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of the uppermost story. (b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft. (c) A floor or room placed above another; a story. Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. Acts xx. 9. On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Loft, a.

Definition: Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] Surrey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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