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Loafed vs Leafed - What's the difference?

loafed | leafed |

As verbs the difference between loafed and leafed

is that loafed is (loaf) while leafed is (leaf).

As an adjective leafed is

having a leaf or leaves; used mainly in combination with another word to form adjectives describing the number, form, colour, etc, of leaves.

loafed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (loaf)
  • Anagrams

    *

    loaf

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lof, laf, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (loaves)
  • (also loaf of bread ) A block of bread after baking.
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  • Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf ).
  • *
  • A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut.
  • Synonyms
    * bonce, noddle, nut
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l) * half a loaf is better than none * (l)
    References
    * (soap) Miller, J.L. "Customers believe in downstate Soap Fairy", , B10, January 10, 2006.

    Etymology 2

    Probably a

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To do nothing, to be idle.
  • loaf''' about'', '''''loaf around .
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)
  • Synonyms
    * idle, laze, lounge

    leafed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (leaf)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a leaf or leaves; used mainly in combination with another word to form adjectives describing the number, form, colour, etc., of leaves.
  • Synonyms

    * leaved

    Derived terms

    * blue-leafed wattle * broad-leafed * four-leafed * ivy-leafed cyclamen * long-leafed * red-leafed * thick-leafed * silver-leafed * three-leafed * two-leafed * unleafed * wavy-leafed soap plant * willow-leafed magnolia * willow-leafed pear

    See also

    * leaved * laurifolius * oleifolius * salicifolius