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loof

noun — 5 senses

loof

noun

Etymology Inherited from Middle English love, lufe, lofe, luf (“palm of the hand”), from Old Norse lōfi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand; paw; oar blade, paddle”).

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Northern England, Scotland, Dialectal The palm of the hand.

2

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Northern England, Scotland, Dialectal The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.

Derived terms
loofball

loof

noun

Etymology Inherited from Middle English lof (“a contrivance for altering a ship's course, paddle, oar”), from Middle Dutch loef (“an oar or paddle used in steering”), ultimately of the same origin as Etymology 1. Compare luff.

1

Nautical, Transport Obsolete A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.

2

Nautical, Transport The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.

loof

noun

Etymology From Egyptian Arabic لُوف (lūf).

1

The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).

Related terms
loofah

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