loft.
Air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
Meaning & usage
Air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building. Such an attic used as an atelier.
an artist's loft
The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
maximum loft
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
a choir loft
A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.
a Manhattan loft
Ellipsis of pigeon loft.
The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).
A lofted drive.
A floor or room placed above another.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”).
To propel high into the air.
To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled
To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
To furnish with a loft space.
To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”).
Lofty; proud; haughty.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”). Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”).
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