n.
- a room or storage space directly under the roof of a house or other building.
▸a gallery in a church or hall.
▸a large, open area in a warehouse or other large building that has been converted into living space.
▸US part of a room on a higher level than the rest of the room.
- a pigeon house.
- Golf upward inclination given to the ball in a stroke.
▸backward slope of the head of a club, designed to give such inclination.
- the thickness of insulating matter in an object such as a sleeping bag.
v.
- kick, hit, or throw (a ball or missile) high up.
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[usu. as adj. lofted]
give loft to the head of (a golf club).
Etymology
OE, from ON lopt ‘air, upper room’, of Gmc origin.