English Dictionary

loft

/lɔft/

verb

(transitive) To propel high into the air. / (intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled

He lofted the ball over the goalkeeper's head.

意味（1）

(transitive) To propel high into the air.

Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To fly or travel through the air, as though propelled

When she saw houses lofting past her window, she ran to the child, who slept on a feather bed and she gathered the coverlet around them both.

意味（3）

(bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.

意味（4）

(transitive) To furnish with a loft space.

Two sisters, one under fifteen years of age, have lofted the house, so as to have a room for themselves.

意味（5）

(transitive) To raise (a bed) on tall supports so that the space beneath can be used for something else.

Lofting a bed is much harder work than it seems, and pulling a nail out with the back of a hammer is much simpler than using your own nails.