[loaf] n, pl loaves [ME lof, fr. OE hlaf; akin to OHG hleib loaf] (bef. 12c) 1: a shaped or molded mass of bread
2: a shaped or molded often symmetrical mass of food 3 slang Brit: head, mind
[2]loaf vi [prob. back-formation fr. loafer] (1835): to spend time in idleness