loaf

loaf
I noun
, pl. loaves
1) Brot, das; [Brot]laib, der

a loaf of bread — ein Laib Brot

a brown/white loaf — ein dunkles Brot/Weißbrot

half a loaf is better than no bread or none — (prov.) wenig ist besser als gar nichts

2) (coll.): (head)

use one's loaf — seinen Grips anstrengen (ugs.)

II intransitive verb

loaf round town/the house — in der Stadt/zu Hause herumlungern (ugs.)

* * *
I [ləuf] plural - loaves; noun
(a shaped mass of bread: a sliced loaf.) der Laib
II [ləuf] verb
(with about or around) to pass time without doing anything in particular: They were loafing about (the street). herumlungern
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loaf1
<pl loaves>
[ləʊf, AM loʊf]
n
1. (bread) Brot nt; (unsliced) Brotlaib m
2. (bread-shaped food) Kasten-
fruit \loaf englischer Früchtekuchen
nut \loaf Nusskuchen m
3.
half a \loaf is better than none [or no bread] (prov) etwas ist besser als gar nichts
loaf2
[ləʊf, AM loʊf]
vi faulenzen, rumhängen fam
to \loaf about [or around] [or round] herumgammeln fam, herumhängen fam
* * *
[ləʊf]
n pl loaves
Brot nt; (unsliced) (Brot)laib m; (= meat loaf) Hackbraten m

a loaf of bread — ein (Laib) Brot

a small white loaf — ein kleines Weißbrot

half a loaf is better than none or than no bread (Prov) — (wenig ist) besser als gar nichts

use your loaf! (inf) — streng deinen Grips an (inf)

* * *
loaf1 [ləʊf] pl loaves [ləʊvz] s
1. a) Laib m (Brot)
b) weitS. Brot n:
a white loaf ein (Laib) Weißbrot;
half a loaf is better than none (oder no bread) (Sprichwort) wenig ist besser als gar nichts;
the miracle of the loaves and fishes BIBEL die Speisung der Fünftausend
2. Zuckerhut m:
loaf sugar Hutzucker m
3. GASTR Hackbraten m
4. Br sl Hirn n, Verstand m:
use one’s loaf sein Hirn anstrengen, (nach)denken
loaf2 [ləʊf] umg
A v/i
1. auch loaf about (oder around) herumlungern:
loaf about (oder around) the streets auf den Straßen herumlungern
2. faulenzen
B v/t loaf away die Zeit verbummeln
C s be on the loaf A
* * *
I noun
, pl. loaves
1) Brot, das; [Brot]laib, der

a loaf of bread — ein Laib Brot

a brown/white loaf — ein dunkles Brot/Weißbrot

half a loaf is better than no bread or none — (prov.) wenig ist besser als gar nichts

2) (coll.): (head)

use one's loaf — seinen Grips anstrengen (ugs.)

II intransitive verb

loaf round town/the house — in der Stadt/zu Hause herumlungern (ugs.)


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