(of loaves)
1Loaves of Proposition — • Heb. bread of the faces , i.e. bread of the presence (of Yahweh) (Ex., xxxv, 13; xxxix, 35, etc.), also called holy bread Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Loaves of Proposition Loaves of Proposition …
2Loaves — Loaves, n.; pl. of {Loaf}. [1913 Webster] …
3loaves — [ləuvz US louvz] n the plural of ↑loaf …
4loaves — the plural of loaf1 …
5loaves — [lōvz] n. pl. of LOAF1 …
6LOAVES — pl. of LOAF(1). * * * plural of loaf * * * /lohvz/, n. pl. of loaf1. * * * loaves UK [ləʊvz] US [loʊvz] the plural of loaf1 Thesaurus: irregular pluralshyponym * * * …
7loaves and fishes — noun plural Etymology: so called from the 5 barley loaves and 2 fishes with which Jesus miraculously fed a multitude of 5000 (John 6) that he later reproached for their greater interest in the food than in him (John 6: 26) : material gain… …
8Loaves — Loaf Loaf, n.; pl. {Loaves}. [OE. lof, laf, AS. hl[=a]f; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb , Lith. kl[ e]pas. Cf. {Lady}, {Lammas}, {Lord}.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped… …
9loaves and fishes — 1) a miracle performed by Jesus when preaching to a crowd of thousands who grew hungry and needed to be fed. Only five loaves and two fishes were available but Jesus blessed the food and then commanded his disciples to distribute it among the… …
10loaves — [[t]lo͟ʊvz[/t]] Loaves is the plural of loaf …
