"loaf about" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-loaf about.ogg Forms: loafs about [present, singular, third-person], loafing about [participle, present], loafed about [participle, past], loafed about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} loaf about (third-person singular simple present loafs about, present participle loafing about, simple past and past participle loafed about)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To do nothing in particular; to be idle. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: laze about, laze around, loaf, loaf around

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loafed about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        "To do nothing in particular; to be idle."
      ],
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          "idle",
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To do nothing in particular; to be idle."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "laze about"
        },
        {
          "word": "laze around"
        },
        {
          "word": "loaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "loaf around"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "audio": "En-au-loaf about.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/En-au-loaf_about.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loaf about"
}
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loafed about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "loafed about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do nothing in particular; to be idle."
      ],
      "links": [
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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To do nothing in particular; to be idle."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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    }
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  "sounds": [
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "laze about"
    },
    {
      "word": "laze around"
    },
    {
      "word": "loaf"
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    {
      "word": "loaf around"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loaf about"
}

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