Sekirov Dictionary

roof

/ɹuːf/

noun 6
verb 4
forms 4
phrases 7

noun6

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a cover over the top of a building that protects it from rain and sun
- The roof was blown off by the tornado.
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The top external level of a building.
- Let's go up to the roof.
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The upper part of a cavity.
- The palate is the roof of the mouth.
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
An overhanging rock wall.
(slang, no longer used) A hat.

verb4

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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. — 1911
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To shelter as if under a roof.
- They reached him: the pieces of rock had roofed him over—he was without injury or scratch. — 1865
To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
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(slang) To put into prison, to bird.
- 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! — 2000

forms

roofed · roofing · roofs · rooves

Phrases with roof

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