Definition of "loft" in English

noun

1. (obsolete, except in derivatives) Air, the air; the sky, the heavens.

2. An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.

3. (textiles, countable, uncountable) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.

   • maximum loft

4. A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.

   • a choir loft

5. (chiefly US) A residential flat (apartment) on an upper floor of an apartment building.

   • a Manhattan loft

6. Ellipsis of pigeon loft.

7. (golf) The pitch or slope of the face of a golf club (tending to drive the ball upward).

8. (cricket) A lofted drive.

9. (obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.

verb

1. (transitive) To propel high into the air.

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

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

4. (transitive) To furnish with a loft space.

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

adjective

1. (obsolete, rare) Lofty; proud; haughty.