How to pronounce loft

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What loft means

verb

Most people know loft in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To hit or throw a ball high into the air

In a sentence: She lofted the ball over the fielder's head and into the weeds.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old Norse word for air or sky, and it is related to "lift."

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