| loafer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer | person who does no work.; "a lazy bum" |
| ~ nonworker | a person who does nothing. |
| ~ clock watcher | a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time. |
| ~ couch potato | an idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television). |
| ~ dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mope | someone who wastes time. |
| ~ dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke, drone | someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. |
| ~ daydreamer, woolgatherer | someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming. |
| ~ good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-account, goldbrick | an idle worthless person. |
| ~ lazybones | a lazy person. |
| ~ lie-abed, slugabed | a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour. |
| ~ loon | a worthless lazy fellow. |
| ~ shirker, slacker | a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime). |
| ~ sluggard, slug | an idle slothful person. |
| ~ spiv | a person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time. |
| ~ sunbather | someone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan. |
| ~ trifler | one who behaves lightly or not seriously. |
| ~ whittler | someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. loafer | a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel. |
| ~ shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material. |
| ~ trademark | a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product. |
| prostrate | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bow down, prostrate | get into a prostrate position, as in submission. |
| ~ lie down, lie | assume a reclining position.; "lie down on the bed until you feel better" |
| v. (change) | 2. prostrate | render helpless or defenseless.; "They prostrated the enemy" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (contact) | 3. prostrate | throw down flat, as on the ground.; "She prostrated herself with frustration" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| adj. | 4. flat, prostrate | stretched out and lying at full length along the ground.; "found himself lying flat on the floor" |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
| adj. | 5. prone, prostrate | lying face downward. |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
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