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Noun loft has 3 senses

loft - floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space
--₁ is a kind of floor, level, storey, story
--₁ has particulars: artist's loft
Derived form: verb loft₁
loft, attic, garret - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
--₂ is a kind of floor, level, storey, story
--₂ is a part of house
--₂ has particulars: cockloft; hayloft, mow
Derived form: verb loft₁
loft, pigeon loft - a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept
--₃ is a kind of shelter

Verb loft has 4 senses

loft - store in a loft
--₁ is one way to store

Derived forms: noun loft₁, noun loft₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
loft - propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle into the air"
--₂ is one way to propel, impel
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
loft - kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"
--₃ is one way to hit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
loft - lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a vessel's hull
--₄ is one way to lay out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s