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roofed
We have found lemma(root) word of roofed : roof.
Definitions
[ruːf], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the structure forming the upper covering of a building or vehicle
(e.g: the rain woke him, hammering on the roof)
- the upper limit or level of prices or wages
(e.g: starting salary £12,185, rising to a roof of £16,835)
Phrases:
- go through the roof
- hit the roof
- the roof of the world
Origin
:
Old English hrōf, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hróf ‘boat shed’, Dutch roef ‘deckhouse’. English alone has the general sense ‘covering of a house’; other Germanic languages use forms related to thatch
[ruːf], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cover with a roof
(e.g: the yard had been roughly roofed over with corrugated iron)
Phrases:
- go through the roof
- hit the roof
- the roof of the world
Origin
:
Old English hrōf, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hróf ‘boat shed’, Dutch roef ‘deckhouse’. English alone has the general sense ‘covering of a house’; other Germanic languages use forms related to thatch
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