woof

IPA: wˈuf

noun

  • (weaving)
  • 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.
  • (by extension) A woven fabric; also, the texture of a fabric.
  • (by extension, loosely, chiefly poetic) The thread or yarn used to form the weft of woven fabric; the fill, the weft.
  • (obsolete, rare) Synonym of weaving (“the process of making woven material on a loom”)
  • (figurative)
  • Something which is interwoven with another thing.
  • An underlying foundation or structure of something; a fabric.
  • The sound a dog makes when barking; a bark.
  • (by extension) A sound resembling a dog's bark; specifically (sound engineering), a low-frequency sound of bad quality produced by a loudspeaker.
  • (agriculture) Acronym of work on an organic farm.
  • (marketing) Initialism of well-off older folks.
  • Alternative form of WWOOF; a network organization that helps wwoofers connect up with organic farms that are offering work opportunities.

verb

  • (weaving) To place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom.
  • (figurative) To interweave (something) with another thing; to weave (several things) together.
  • (transitive)
  • (African-American Vernacular, figurative) To say (something) in an aggressive or boastful manner.
  • (originally Britain, Royal Air Force slang, informal) To eat (food) voraciously; to devour, to gobble, to wolf.
  • (intransitive)
  • Of a dog: to bark.
  • Of a person or thing: to make a sound resembling a dog's bark.
  • (African-American Vernacular, figurative) To speak in an aggressive or boastful manner.
  • (intransitive, agriculture) Alternative form of wwoof [To work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming.]
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Examples of "woof" in Sentences

  • Take the woofing to the fire hydrant.
  • They woof when startled, and cackle like foxes when trapped.
  • John's dog, Arthur, provided the woof bells in the background.
  • Just say woof and wolf out loud, now say woofing, then wolfing.
  • Most of the remainder were labeled 'woof' and didn't seem worth pursuing.
  • The sampled woof bells can be heard in place of the cow bell on the track.
  • Fine leaf fibres are then interweaved in a woof to create the velvet effect.
  • A woven material wherein the woof or cross filling threads are disposed at a predetermined angle other than a right angle to the warp or lengthwise threads.

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