loft

loft
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, air, sky, from Old Norse lopt; akin to Old High German luft air Date: 13th century 1. an upper room or floor ; attic 2. a. a gallery in a church or hall b. one of the upper floors of a warehouse or business building especially when not partitioned <
living in a converted loft
>
c. hayloft 3. a. the backward slant of the face of a golf-club head b. the act of lofting 4. the thickness of a fabric or insulating material (as goose down) • loftlike adjective II. verb Date: 1518 transitive verb 1. to place, house, or store in a loft 2. to propel through the air or into space <
lofted a long hit to center
>
<
instruments lofted by a powerful rocket
>
3. to lay out a full-sized working drawing of the lines and contours of (as a ship's hull) intransitive verb 1. to propel a ball high into the air 2. to rise high

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loft — [ lɔft ] n. m. • v. 1975; mot angl. amér. « atelier, hangar » ♦ Anglic. Local à usage commercial ou industriel transformé en habitation, en logement. Des lofts. « Un loft rupin dans un entrepôt rénové, du côté des Halles, une piaule vaste comme… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • loft — [lôft, läft] n. [ME lofte < Late OE loft < ON lopt, upper room, air, sky (akin to OE lyft, air, sky) < IE base * leup , *leubh , to peel off > LEAF] 1. a) an attic or atticlike space, usually not partitioned off into rooms,… …   English World dictionary

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  • loft — sb., et, er, erne, i sms. loft el. lofts , fx loft(s)belysning, loft(s)stige …   Dansk ordbog

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