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loafing

/ˈləʊfɪŋ/

/ˈloʊfɪŋ/

loafingnoun

Translations

безделье

He spent the afternoon in complete loafing.

Он провел день в полном безделье.

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/

Definitions

Engaged in loafing; idle or lazy.

The manager scolded the loafing employees.

Synonyms

frittering (away)

goofing off

loafverb

loafing

Gerund

loafed

Past Simple

loafed

Past Participle

loafing

Gerund

/ləʊf/

/loʊf/

Translations

бездельничать

He likes to loaf around the house on weekends.

Он любит бездельничать дома по выходным.

Additional translations

шляться

лонгать

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.