roof

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

roofs

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

roof

past (v2)

roofed

past participle (v3)

roofed

present participle

roofing

3rd person singular

roofs

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.The external covering at the top of a building.

   • The roof was blown off by the tornado.
   • 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.

2. 2.The top external level of a building.

   • Let's go up to the roof.

3. 3.The upper part of a cavity.

   • The palate is the roof of the mouth.
   • 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.

4. 4.The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

   • I saw the moon above the roof.
   • I saw a house with a red roof.
   • Tom climbed onto the roof.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To put into prison, to bird.(slang)

2. 2.To cover or furnish with a roof.

   • A trench about ten feet deep was dug in the ground and roofed over with sticks and earth so as to form a dark tunnel.

3. 3.To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

4. 4.To shelter as if under a roof.

   • They reached him: the pieces of rock had roofed him over, he was without injury or scratch.
   • It built him softly round, it roofed him warmly over, it rested, all so firm, on selection.

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Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• cap
• ceiling