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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : woo f, woof
Phonetic Transcription : wʊf, wuf



Definition of woof

Origin :
  • "weft, texture, fabric," Old English owef, from o- "on" + wefan "to weave" (see weave). With excrescent -w- by influence of warp or weft.
  • As in nap : noun grain of material
  • As in bark : noun animal yelp
  • As in texture : noun charactertistics of a surface
  • As in web : noun netting
  • As in thread : noun fiber
  • As in warp and woof : noun texture
  • As in fiber : noun strand of material
  • As in bark : verb yelp
  • As in yap : verb bark
Example sentences :
  • They lay far deeper, in the very warp and woof of her nature.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Of this warp and woof have all the strange patterns of Spanish life been woven.
  • Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos
  • And as a shuttle separates the warp from the woof, so a name distinguishes the natures of things.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • As in a web the warp is stronger than the woof, so should the rulers be stronger than their half-educated subjects.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • She looks to it that warp and woof are wrought with speed and beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon
  • This earth is made too subtly, of too multiple warp and woof, for prophecy.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • Into the woof of an Eastern rug is woven the soul of a woman.
  • Extract from : « Special Messenger » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Uncle Brownwood took just one glance at him, and said 'Woof!'
  • Extract from : « Hollow Tree Nights and Days » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • When the bear rose out of the bushes and looked at him—and said "Woof!"
  • Extract from : « The Tale of the The Muley Cow » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • Girls,” she said, “did you hear her say ‘woof’ when we clashed?
  • Extract from : « Lucile Triumphant » by Elizabeth M. Duffield

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