'Loft' definitions:

Definition of 'loft'

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noun
Floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
noun
Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic, garret]
noun
(golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
noun
A raised shelter in which pigeons are kept [syn: loft, pigeon loft]
verb
Store in a loft
verb
Propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
verb
Kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"
verb
Lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Definition of 'Loft'

From: GCIDE
  • Loft \Loft\, a. Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Loft'

From: GCIDE
  • Loft \Loft\, v. t. To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a lofted house; a lofted golf-club head. [1913 Webster]
  • A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of Sport. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Loft'

From: GCIDE
  • Loft \Loft\ (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
  • 1. 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. especially, an upper story located in a building with a business below, often having no partitions, and in cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or used as studios for artists. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft. --Acts xx. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the ball upward). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Loft'

From: GCIDE
  • Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lofting.] To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike (the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'loft'

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