n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1518
1 : to place, house, or store in a loft
2 : to propel through the air or into space < loft ed a long hit to center> <instruments loft ed 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