to roof
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2.8
- verb
- /ruːf/
:
techar
- The sprawling pink-roofed developments dropped behind, and Cooper drove up through the undulating desert shelf.
- a roofed house
- a roofed building
- a roofed structure
Examples
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The composting plant is an open-side roofed building with a drainage system.
Academic text (1998) -
How long does it usually take you to roof, Mr. Sumner?
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I can't roof by myself.
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In this country, they roof their houses with shakes split from pure cedar.
Fiction book (1991) -
The van slowed as Welch pulled up before a low, flat-roofed brick building with wide eaves.
Fiction book (1995) -
Appellee Green wanted someone to re roof his house and Green offered to hire the plaintiff and the appellant Evertight.
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The ship showed us a scene in Suhaili Pipemaker's workshop, a roofed-over arcade at the back of her house.
Fiction book (2002) -
David, raised in a squat, flat-roofed colored house, takes a childish delight in climbing stairs.
Fiction book (1996) -
The fort's jail was housed in a low-roofed adobe building across the frost-browned parade ground.
Fiction book (1992) -
The workers used a crane to roof the new office building quickly.
Synonyms
9
7.0
To cover a roof with dry plants like straw or reeds
4
6.8
To cover a roof with thin flat pieces of wood or similar material
1
7.7
To cover a roof with thin flat stone tiles
Cover a roof with tar paper to keep out water
Idioms
- Informal
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3.2
A place to live, like a house or flat that keeps you dry and safe
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.1
A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope steeper than the upper
- Specialized
1
3.7
The top inside surface of the mouth that separates it from the nose
- Specialized
A roof with two slopes on each side, a steeper lower slope and a gentler upper slope
- Specialized
A roof with very steep sides and a flat top that gives extra attic space
- Specialized
A mushroom with a pointed cap like a house roof that grows in damp places in early summer
- Specialized
A strong beam that supports a roof or a tree growing high above a building
- Specialized
A roof with two sloping sides that meet at a ridge and have a triangular wall at each end
How Covered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Roof as a verb comes from the same idea of putting a 'top' or 'cover' on something, so to roof a house is to put the protective cover on it.