ETYM Old Eng. lof, laf, AS. hlâf; akin to German laib, Old High Germ. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb, Lith. klëpas. Related to Lady, Lammas, Lord.
(Irregular plural: loaves).
Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

To spend time in idleness