to woman
- verb
- /ˈwʊmən/
- The organizers decided to woman the event with experienced female volunteers.
Examples
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During the festival, she will woman the information booth to assist visitors.
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Plainly put, if she decided to run in 2012, she would beat him again; she just has to woman up and run.
Blog text (28) -
Don't you woman me, Bernard.
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We done got out-Blacked and out-womaned, all in one go.
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Well, I can't leave the store unmanned, un-womaned.
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They chose to woman the construction site with skilled female workers.
Idioms
- Archaic
To marry a woman, often after a romantic or sexual relationship, to make the relationship legal and respected
Compounds
A woman who has a paid job doing physical tasks outside the home, often in a factory
- Literature
A woman who knows a lot about people and herbs and people trust for advice
- Offensive
A woman who does not follow normal social rules and is often avoided by others
- Slang
A woman who tricks people into giving her money or valuable things by gaining their trust
- NSFW
A woman who has a sexual relationship with a man who supports her financially
- Jargon
A woman who plays the serious partner in a comedy duo and gives lines to the funny performer
- Archaic
A woman who works to get news about someone or their company in the media
- Archaic
A woman who sells fruit and vegetables from a small cart in a street market
A woman who has part of her body replaced or helped by machines, often in science fiction
- Literature
A pattern in news reporting that gives much more attention to missing white women than to other missing people
- Literature
A woman hired to do unpleasant, tough jobs like firing people for someone in power
- Offensive
A woman who lives abroad and gets regular money from a family that did not accept her
A woman who helps a company or person manage their public image and deal with the media
- Offensive
A woman known for having a bad reputation because of her sexual life
- Offensive
A man who keeps trying to start romantic or sexual relationships with women in a pushy way
Surface Forms
Etymology
Woman as a verb was formed from the noun by the same idea as the verb man, as in 'to man a post', so to woman something is to 'staff it with women'.