loft
verb/lɒft/
/lɔːft/
(sport)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they loft | /lɒft/ /lɔːft/ |
| he / she / it lofts | /lɒfts/ /lɔːfts/ |
| past simple lofted | /ˈlɒftɪd/ /ˈlɔːftɪd/ |
| past participle lofted | /ˈlɒftɪd/ /ˈlɔːftɪd/ |
| -ing form lofting | /ˈlɒftɪŋ/ /ˈlɔːftɪŋ/ |
- loft something to hit, kick or throw a ball very high into the airWord Originlate Old English, from Old Norse lopt ‘air, sky, upper room’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lucht and German Luft.
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