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loafing

/ˈləʊfɪŋ/

/ˈloʊfɪŋ/

loafingnoun

Translations

oisivetéEmploi soutenu ou neutre.

His loafing around the house all day was starting to annoy his roommates.

Son oisiveté à traîner à la maison toute la journée commençait à agacer ses colocataires.

Additional translations

paresseTerme plus général, selon le contexte.

Definitions

The act of spending time in a lazy or idle way, often avoiding work or responsibilities.

His loafing around the house all day was starting to annoy his roommates.

Synonyms

hanging around

loafinggerund / present participle

/ˈləʊfɪŋ/

/ˈloʊfɪŋ/

Translations

paresseux

The manager scolded the loafing employees.

Le directeur a réprimandé les employés paresseux.

Additional translations

oisifNuance plus littéraire ou soutenue.

Definitions

Engaged in loafing; idle or lazy.

The manager scolded the loafing employees.

Synonyms

goofing off

frittering (away)

loafverb

loafing

Gerund

loafed

Past Simple

loafed

Past Participle

loafing

Gerund

/ləʊf/

/loʊf/

Translations

fainéanterFamilier.

He decided to loaf around the house all day instead of doing his chores.

Il a décidé de fainéanter à la maison toute la journée au lieu de faire ses corvées.

façonnerEn boulangerie, pour donner la forme d'une miche à une pâte.

After the dough had risen, she loafed it and set the shaped loaves on the tray.

Après la levée de la pâte, elle l'a façonnée en miche et a déposé les pains formés sur le plateau.

Additional translations

traînasserFamilier, avec idée d'oisiveté.

Definitions

To spend time in a lazy or idle way.

He decided to loaf around the house all day instead of doing his chores.

To shape (dough or another food mixture) into a loaf or loaves for baking.

After the dough had risen, she loafed it and set the shaped loaves on the tray.

Synonyms

hang around

loafnoun

Definitions

A quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten.

She bought a fresh loaf of bread from the bakery.

A shaped mass of food, such as meat or sugar, that is baked or molded.

He prepared a meat loaf for dinner.

(slang, chiefly UK) The human head.

Use your loaf and think this through.

loafadjective

Definitions

Shaped like or intended for a loaf of bread; relating to a loaf.

She poured the batter into a loaf tin.