woof

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊf

Etymology 1

From Middle English oof, owf, from Old English ōwef, āwef, from ō- (“on”) + wef (“web”), from wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *webanan (to weave), from Proto-Indo-European *webh-/*wobh- (to weave, to lace together).

Noun

woof (plural woofs)

1. the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.
2. A fabric; the texture of a fabric.

   • 1803, Earsmus Darwin, The Temple of Nature^[1], The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:

     O'er her fine waist the purfled woof descends;

Synonyms

• (crosswise thread or yarn): weft

Translations

set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom

• Dutch: inslag (nl) m
• Estonian: kude (et)
• Finnish: kude (fi)
• French: chaîne (fr) f
• German: Schußfaden m
• Greek: υφάδι (el) (yfádi) n 
• Hebrew: ערב (erev) m

• Malayalam: പാവ് (ml) (paavu), प्रोतः (ml) (protaH)
• Norwegian: veft (no) m, innslag (no) n, islett (no) n
• Polish: wątek (pl) f
• Russian: уток (ru) (utók) m 
• Sanskrit: प्रोतः (sa) (prothah)
• Swedish: väft
• Thai: เส้นด้ายทางขวาง (sên dâai taang-kwăang)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

woof (plural woofs)

1. The sound a dog makes when barking.

Coordinate terms

• (sound of a dog): bark, bow wow, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, yap, yelp, yip

Translations

sound of a dog

• Arabic: هو هو (ar) (haw haw)
• Catalan: bof, buf
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汪汪 (cmn) (wāngwāng)

• Czech: haf (cs)
• Danish: vov, vuf
• Dutch: waf (nl)
• Esperanto: boj (eo)
• Estonian: auh (et)
• Faroese: voff (fo)
• Finnish: hau (fi), vuh (fi)
• French: ouaf (fr), oua-oua (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wau (de), wuff (de), rawau (de)
• Greek: γαβ (el) (gav) 
• Hungarian: vau (hu)

• Icelandic: voff (is)
• Indonesian: guk guk (id)
• Japanese: ワン (ja) (wan)
• Korean: 멍멍 (ko) (meong-meong)
• Macedonian: ав-ав (av-av)
• Malay: gonggong (ms), kung-kung (ms)
• Norwegian: voff (no), vov (no)
• Polish: hau (pl)
• Portuguese: au-au (pt)
• Romanian: ham-ham
• Russian: гав-гав (ru) (gav-gav) 
• Spanish: ladro (es) m
• Swedish: vov (sv)
• Turkish: hav (tr)
• Vietnamese: gâu gâu (vi)

Interjection

woof

1. (humorous) Expression of strong physical attraction for someone.

Verb

woof (third-person singular simple present woofs, present participle woofing, simple past and past participle woofed)

1. To make a woofing sound

Translations

making the sound of a dog

• Catalan: bordar
• Estonian: auh
• Finnish: haukahtaa (fi), haukkua (fi)
• French: aboyer (fr)
• Greek: γαβγίζω (el) (gavgízo) 

• Icelandic: voffa (is)
• Indonesian: menyalak (id)
• Malay: menyalak (ms)
• Romanian: lătra (ro)
• Russian: лаять (lájat’)

Etymology 3

Acronym

woof

1. (marketing) Well Off Older Folks
2. (agriculture) Work on organic farm

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Dutch

Verb

woof

1. singular past indicative of wuiven