Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To do nothing in particular, be idle.

    Thanks for coming on such short notice to clean my house. I'm just going to loaf around while you work, but I'll let you know if you're in my way.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Tom loafed around the house.

    ruТом слонялся по дому. — fjay69

    deTom lungerte im Haus herum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Forms

loafs around, loafing around, loafed around, loafed around
Base formloaf around · to loaf around
3rd person singularloafs around
Present participleloafing around
Past simpleloafed around
Past participleloafed around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyloaf around
he, she, itloafs around

Past simpleLesson

all personsloafed around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave loafed around
he, she, ithas loafed around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill loaf around

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
loafB1laze aboutlaze aroundloaf aboutveg out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
loaderloadsloafB1loaferloam
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