woof

noun6

1. •
   The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft.

   • When the plage of leprosye is in a cloth: […] that cloth shalbe burnt, ether warpe or wolfe, whether it be wollen or lynen or any thynge that is made of skynne where the plage is, […] — 1530
2. •
   (literary) The thread or yarn used to form the weft of woven fabric; the fill, the weft.

   • [F]irst I must put off / These my skie robes spun out of Iris vvooffe, / And take the vveeds and likenesse of a Svvaine, […] — 1634
3. •
   (figurative) Something which is interwoven with another thing.

   • [T]he woof of self-interest is so cunningly interwoven with the warp of righteous feeling that very few of us can tell where the threads cross. — 1882
4. •
   A woven fabric; also, the texture of a fabric.

   • To spread the pall beneath the regal chair / Of softest vvoof, is bright Alcippe’s care. — 1725
5. •
   (figurative) An underlying foundation or structure of something; a fabric.

   • The proces of that Oration was of the same woofe and thrid with the beginning; […] — 1596
6. •
   (no longer used, rare) Synonym of weaving (“the process of making woven material on a loom”).

verb2

1. •
   (rare) To place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom.

   • And warp well the long threads, / The bright threads, the strong threads; / Woof well the cross threads, / To make the colours shine. — 1894
2. •
   (figurative, rare) To interweave (something) with another thing; to weave (several things) together.

verb5

1. •
   Of a dog: to bark.
2. •
   Of a person or thing: to make a sound resembling a dog's bark.
3. •
   (informal) To eat (food) voraciously; to devour, to gobble, to wolf.

   • [N]othing makes me feel better than to see my dog's woofing down their food. — 2007
4. •
   (figurative) To say (something) in an aggressive or boastful manner.
5. •
   (figurative) To speak in an aggressive or boastful manner.

noun3

1. •
   The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.
2. •
   A sound resembling a dog's bark.

   • He looked up and out a moment as there came to his ear, dully but unmistakably above the roar of the engine, the hoarse "woof" of a bursting anti-aircraft shell. — 1918
3. •
   A low-frequency sound of bad quality produced by a loudspeaker.

exclamation2

1. •
   Used to indicate the sound of a dog barking, or something resembling it.

   • Presently, from the depths of the bush behind us, came a loud "woof, woof!" "That's a lion," said I, and we all started up to listen. — 1885
2. •
   (humorous) Used to express strong physical attraction for someone.

   • I see a hardworking man, with a smile that lights up a room—very sexy—woof! — 2015

exclamation2

1. •
   Phew.
2. •
   Oof.

noun1

1. •
   Initialism of well-off older folks.