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Definitions for: Loft
[n] floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
[n] a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
[n] floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
[v] lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
[v] kick or strike high in the air, of a ball
[v] propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
[v] store in a loft
Webster (1913) Definition: Loft, n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper room; akin
to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth. luftus air.
Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
(a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling of
the uppermost story.
(b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.;
as, an organ loft.
(c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
--Acts xx. 9.
On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Loft, a.
Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.
Loft, n. (Golf)
Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to drive the
ball upward).
Loft, v. t.
To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a
lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.
A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of
Sport.
Loft, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lofting.]
To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike
(the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
Synonyms: attic, garret, pigeon loft
See Also: artist's loft, cockloft, floor, hayloft, hit, house, impel, lay out, level, mow, propel, shelter, store, storey, story
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