Word
roofed
US/ˈɹuft/
UK/ɹˈuːft/
Definition
v. to cover the top of a building or structure with a roof. You use this when you are finishing a house or building a shelter.
v. to provide a roof for a structure or to cover the top of an object. Often used in the passive voice to describe the completion of a building project.
Examples
“They finished roofed the new barn last week.”
“The community came together to roofed the temporary shelter before the heavy rain arrived.”
“Once the main frame was complete, the workers spent three days roofed the entire facility with durable metal sheets to withstand the local climate.”
Examples
simple
“They finished roofed the new barn last week.”
contextual
“The community came together to roofed the temporary shelter before the heavy rain arrived.”
complex
“Once the main frame was complete, the workers spent three days roofed the entire facility with durable metal sheets to withstand the local climate.”
Real-World Examples
“At one time 500 people lived on the island that "roofed the world", with public buildings across Scotland - and as far away as Canada and Australia - made rain-tight with Easdale slate.” Etymology
From Middle English rofed derived from the noun, replaced earlier Old English hrēfed attested in unoferhrēfed (“unoverroofed”), equivalent to roof + -ed.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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