roof
See also: Roof
English
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹuːf/, /ɹʊf/
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Etymology 1
From Middle English rof, from Old English hrōf (“roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”).
Noun
- The external covering at the top of a building.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.
- 1931, Robert L. May, Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Montgomery Ward (publisher), draft:
- The very first sound that you’ll hear on the roof
(Provided there’s fog) will be Rudolph’s small hoof.
- The very first sound that you’ll hear on the roof
- 1984, Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three, "The Roof Is on Fire":
- The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!
We don't need no water: Let the motherfucker burn!
Burn, motherfucker, burn!
- The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire!
- The roof was blown off by the tornado.
- The top external level of a building.
- 1962, Gerry Goffin & al., "Up on the Roof":
- When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face,
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space
On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there, the world below can't bother me...
- When this old world starts getting me down
- Let's go up to the roof.
- 1962, Gerry Goffin & al., "Up on the Roof":
- The upper part of a cavity.
- 2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2-0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport:
- As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.
- The palate is the roof of the mouth.
- (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Usage notes
- Both roofs and rooves are listed as plurals in the Oxford Dictionary of English, 2005 edition.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from roof (noun)
Translations
the cover at the top of a building
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the upper part of a cavity
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Etymology 2
From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).
Verb
roof (third-person singular simple present roofs, present participle roofing, simple past and past participle roofed)
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
- To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
- 1998 March 4, “Law and Disorder”, in Beverly Hills, 90210, season 08, episode 22:
- Did you see them, David? I mean, did you see them looking at me? I-I'm walking out of the court, and everybody was practically – yeah, they were gawking. […] I mean, Noah roofed me, I proved it, end of story.
- 2000 January 1, “Stupid”, in Mr. Metaphor (lyrics), The Will Tell Compilation Vol. 1: Thats Right Inc., performed by Word A' Mouth, Block McCloud and Mr. Metaphor:
- I’m open, hype off the chronic I was smoking, feeling zooted
That Brooklyn shit got me stupid
I’m loose, kid – that’s what the overproof did
What the ruck you looking at, son? You’ll get roofed, kid!
- 2012 November 15, “Brown Bag Wrap”, in Rare Chandeliers, performed by Action Bronson:
- Inhale the mystical, the blue shit
See me on the stoop shit, act stupid at the park, the ball, get roofed
Baby see the cops, the drugs, she boofed it
Foie gras at every meal, that means I triple-goosed it
- 2018 May 5, “Attempted 1.0”, AM (lyrics), performed by Skengdo and AM of 410:
- You don’t want war, you’re shook of it
Hella man dash when their friend got roofed
- (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.
- (Can we date this quote by Thomas Greenbury and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- They reached him: the pieces of rock had roofed him over—he was without injury or scratch.
- (Can we date this quote by Henry James and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- It built him softly round, it roofed him warmly over, it rested, all so firm, on selection.
- (Can we date this quote by Thomas Greenbury and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Derived terms
Translations
to cover or furnish with a roof
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch roof, from Old Dutch *rōf, *rouf, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.
Pronunciation
Noun
roof m (plural roven, diminutive roofje n)
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
roof
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of roven
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of roven
Middle English
Noun
roof
- Alternative form of rof
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