to loft

Examples

• All

• He surveyed the group with eyebrows lofted in mingled disapproval and amusement, as if at naughty children.

  Fiction book (1993)

• She lofts the thermos.

  Fiction book (1991)

• We did, almost a week into the search, try to loft a special detection device that would have been able to recognize his IMEI.

• And if you loft your bed high enough, you can even fit a dresser, a refrigerator, a microwave, or your desk under your bed.

  Blog text (8)

• The newer houses in the far suburbs had lofted ceilings, but the doors were made of plastic.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Patricia lofts the dress over your head in a blur of blue.

  Fiction book (2001)

• In the distance, old brick houses lofted atop tree-studded hills.

  Fiction book (1998)

• They lofted the boxes up to the attic using a pulley system to avoid straining their backs.

• After organizing the room, she lofted all the seasonal decorations into the loft for storage.

Synonyms

H

to hoist

vsto loft

68 4.7

To lift heavy things using ropes, pulleys, or a machine

moves items specifically into an attic for storage rather than just upward

Antonyms

R

to remove

∞ 1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

R

to retrieve

254 3.7

To go and get something and bring it back, for example a dog bringing a ball

Compounds

A

artist's loft

1 5.5

A large open space in a converted warehouse where a person who makes art lives and works

C

choir loft

1 5.1

A raised area in a church where singers sit during services

O

organ loft

1 7.8

A raised platform at the back of a church where the organist plays

P

pigeon loft

1 6.5

A small building where people raise and keep pigeons

L

loft bombing

• NSFW

9.9

A way of dropping bombs by flying low then pulling the plane up before release to escape the blast

How High

to hoist

68 4.7

to loft

1 4.8

to lift

407 1.0

to put

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology