LOFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loft mean? 

• LOFT (noun)
  The noun LOFT has 4 senses:

1. floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

2. floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

3. (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air

4. a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

  Familiarity information: LOFT used as a noun is uncommon.

• LOFT (verb)
  The verb LOFT has 4 senses:

1. store in a loft

2. propel through the air

3. kick or strike high in the air

4. lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

  Familiarity information: LOFT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("loft" is a kind of...):

floor; level; storey; story (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loft"):

artist's loft (a factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area)

Derivation:

loft (store in a loft)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

attic; garret; loft

Hypernyms ("loft" is a kind of...):

floor; level; storey; story (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loft"):

cockloft (a small loft or garret)

hayloft; haymow; mow (a loft in a barn where hay is stored)

Holonyms ("loft" is a part of...):

house (a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families)

Derivation:

loft (store in a loft)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("loft" is a kind of...):

pitch; rake; slant (degree of deviation from a horizontal plane)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A raised shelter in which pigeons are kept

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

loft; pigeon loft

Hypernyms ("loft" is a kind of...):

shelter (a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger)

• LOFT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they loft    ... he / she / it lofts   
Past simple: lofted   
Past participle: lofted   
-ing form: lofting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Store in a loft

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "loft" is one way to...):

store (find a place for and put away for storage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

loft (floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage)

loft (floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Propel through the air

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air

Hypernyms (to "loft" is one way to...):

impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Kick or strike high in the air

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

loft a ball

Hypernyms (to "loft" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "loft" is one way to...):

lay out (provide a detailed plan or design)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

LADEE was a robotic mission that orbited the Moon to gather detailed information about the structure and composition of the thin lunar atmosphere, and determine whether dust is lofted into the lunar sky.

(Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon, NASA)

“And what the devil do you mean,” retorted Steerforth, “by putting Mr. Copperfield into a little loft over a stable?”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Many are extreme in terms of intensity. Higher-intensity fires cause deeper plumes, which can help spread fires by lofting embers and causing spot fires.

(Researchers discover how wildfires create their own weather, National Science Foundation)

The two lads who slept in the chaff-cutting loft above the harness-room were quickly aroused.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It shall be put in the safest loft, good archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Because metallic ions have long lifetimes and are transported far from their region of origin by neutral winds and electric fields, they can be used to infer motion in the ionosphere, similar to the way we use a lofted leaf to reveal which way the wind is blowing.

(Mars Has Metal in Its Atmosphere, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Although the force of the wind on Mars is not as strong as portrayed in an early scene in the movie The Martian, dust lofted during storms could affect electronics and health, as well as the availability of solar energy.

(Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars, NASA)

Alternatively, perhaps when fine dust particles get lofted by micrometeorite impacts, an existing magnetic field over the swirls sorts them according to their susceptibility to magnetism, forming light and dark patterns with different compositions.

(NASA Research Gives New Insights into How the Moon Got 'Inked', NASA)

The little man crawled about in the hay-loft, and at last found a snug place to finish his night’s rest in; so he laid himself down, meaning to sleep till daylight, and then find his way home to his father and mother.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

A previous paper led by Heavens showed that during a 2007 global dust storm on Mars, water molecules were lofted into the upper atmosphere, where solar radiation could break them down into particles that escape into space.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)