Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to loft
Participle: lofted
Gerund: lofting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | loft |
| you | loft |
| he;she;it | lofts |
| we | loft |
| you | loft |
| they | loft |
Perfect
| I | have lofted |
| you | have lofted |
| he;she;it | has lofted |
| we | have lofted |
| you | have lofted |
| they | have lofted |
Past
| I | lofted |
| you | lofted |
| he;she;it | lofted |
| we | lofted |
| you | lofted |
| they | lofted |
Pluperfect
| I | had lofted |
| you | had lofted |
| he;she;it | had lofted |
| we | had lofted |
| you | had lofted |
| they | had lofted |
Future
| I | will loft |
| you | will loft |
| he;she;it | will loft |
| we | will loft |
| you | will loft |
| they | will loft |
Future Perfect
| I | will have lofted |
| you | will have lofted |
| he;she;it | will have lofted |
| we | will have lofted |
| you | will have lofted |
| they | will have lofted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | loft |
| you | loft |
| he;she;it | loft |
| we | loft |
| you | loft |
| they | loft |
Perfect
| I | have lofted |
| you | have lofted |
| he;she;it | have lofted |
| we | have lofted |
| you | have lofted |
| they | have lofted |
Imperfect
| I | lofted |
| you | lofted |
| he;she;it | lofted |
| we | lofted |
| you | lofted |
| they | lofted |
Pluperfect
| I | had lofted |
| you | had lofted |
| he;she;it | had lofted |
| we | had lofted |
| you | had lofted |
| they | had lofted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would loft |
| you | would loft |
| he;she;it | would loft |
| we | would loft |
| you | would loft |
| they | would loft |
Perfect
| I | would have lofted |
| you | would have lofted |
| he;she;it | would have lofted |
| we | would have lofted |
| you | would have lofted |
| they | would have lofted |
Imperative
| you | loft |
| we | Let's loft |
| you | loft |
Verbs conjugated like 'loft'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'loft'
lift,
lofe,
loff,
loot,
lot,
lout,
bloat,
blot,
boat,
boff,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English lofte (“air, sky, upper region, loft”), from Old English loft, (doublet of native Old English lyft) of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lopt (“upper chamber, attic, region of sky, air”), from Proto-Germanic *luftuz (“air, sky”).
2. Akin to Scots lift (“air; sky; firmament”), Dutch lucht (“air”), German Luft (“air”), Old English lyft (“air”). Doublet of lift and luft. Related to aloft.
3. Cognate with Scots loft, laft (“loft”), Irish lochta (“loft”). See: Scots '
lift', Scots '
loft'.
Sample Sentences
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Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal. [2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:]
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When she saw houses lofting past her window, she ran to the child, who slept on a feather bed and she gathered the coverlet around them both. [2004, Wallace Akin, The Forgotten Storm:]
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Two sisters, one under fifteen years of age, have lofted the house, so as to have a room for themselves. [1853, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, (Please provide the book title or journal name):]
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Lofting a bed is much harder work than it seems, and pulling a nail out with the back of a hammer is much simpler than using your own nails. [2010, Casey Lewis, Knack Dorm Living, page 15:]