I. ˈlȯft 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)
• loft·like -ˌlīk 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
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