loft
/lɔft/ verb C2- 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.
He/she/it lofts · Past lofted · Past participle lofted · -ing form lofting
Verb forms
- Base form
- loft
- He/she/it
- lofts
- Past
- lofted
- Past participle
- lofted
- -ing form
- lofting
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“Well, he was up in the loft at the time, so that I could not put it into his own hands, but I gave it into Mrs.
“No, sir; I tell you he was in the loft.”
“If you didn’t see him, how do you know he was in the loft?”
Their bedroom is in a loft above the main floor.
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