Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to woof
Participle: woofed
Gerund: woofing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | woof |
| you | woof |
| he;she;it | woofs |
| we | woof |
| you | woof |
| they | woof |
Perfect
| I | have woofed |
| you | have woofed |
| he;she;it | has woofed |
| we | have woofed |
| you | have woofed |
| they | have woofed |
Past
| I | woofed |
| you | woofed |
| he;she;it | woofed |
| we | woofed |
| you | woofed |
| they | woofed |
Pluperfect
| I | had woofed |
| you | had woofed |
| he;she;it | had woofed |
| we | had woofed |
| you | had woofed |
| they | had woofed |
Future
| I | will woof |
| you | will woof |
| he;she;it | will woof |
| we | will woof |
| you | will woof |
| they | will woof |
Future Perfect
| I | will have woofed |
| you | will have woofed |
| he;she;it | will have woofed |
| we | will have woofed |
| you | will have woofed |
| they | will have woofed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | woof |
| you | woof |
| he;she;it | woof |
| we | woof |
| you | woof |
| they | woof |
Perfect
| I | have woofed |
| you | have woofed |
| he;she;it | have woofed |
| we | have woofed |
| you | have woofed |
| they | have woofed |
Imperfect
| I | woofed |
| you | woofed |
| he;she;it | woofed |
| we | woofed |
| you | woofed |
| they | woofed |
Pluperfect
| I | had woofed |
| you | had woofed |
| he;she;it | had woofed |
| we | had woofed |
| you | had woofed |
| they | had woofed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would woof |
| you | would woof |
| he;she;it | would woof |
| we | would woof |
| you | would woof |
| they | would woof |
Perfect
| I | would have woofed |
| you | would have woofed |
| he;she;it | would have woofed |
| we | would have woofed |
| you | would have woofed |
| they | would have woofed |
Imperative
| you | woof |
| we | Let's woof |
| you | woof |
Verbs conjugated like 'woof'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'woof'
boof,
goof,
hoof,
loof,
poof,
roof,
whoof,
wolf,
woo,
wood,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is derived from Middle English wof, oof, owf (“threads in a piece of woven fabric at right angles to the warp, weft, woof; also sometimes the warp; transverse filaments of a spider web”) [and other forms] (the forms beginning with w were influenced by warp and weft), from Old English ōwef, āwef, from ō-, ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; off; out’) + *wef (“web”) (only attested in the form gewef (“woof”); from wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid; to weave”)).
2. The verb is derived from the noun.
Verbs referencing "woof"
Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲃⲉϩ.
Sample Sentences
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And warp well the long threads, / The bright threads, the strong threads; / Woof well the cross threads, / To make the colours shine. [1894, Alice C[laire] MacDonell, “The Weaving of the Tartan”, in Elizabeth A[melia] Sharp, editor, Lyra Celtica: An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry […], Edinburgh: Patrick Geddes and Colleagues […], published 1896, →OCLC, page 252:]
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After de yarn was spin, it was reeled off de spools into hanks and then took to de warper. Then she woofed it, warped it, and loomed it into cloth. Her make for yards in a day. [1936–1938, W. W. Dixon, quoting Dan Smith, “Dan Smith: Ex-slave 75 Years [Project #1655]”, in Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves […], volume XIV (South Carolina Narratives), part 4, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, published 1941, →OCLC, page 97:]
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Here and there, where the land has not been cleared and the tide of dense swamp-forest closes upon the road, one gazes into the fearful tangle of vegetation, warped and woofed together by lianas and creeping plants of every description, and then realises what the work of clearing has been. [1922 July, Mrs. Cecil Clementi [Marie Penelope Rose Eyres], “An Odyssey of Fourteen Rivers”, in Blackwood’s Magazine, American edition, volume CCXII, number MCCLXXXI, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., Barr Ferree, prop[rietor] […], →OCLC, page 6, column 2:]
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Many would contest the view (which [Patricia Nelson] Limerick shares with [Gerald D.] Nash) that the '60s generation was forged by some common experience, and warped and woofed into a programmatic consensus of evaluative priorities and analytical strategies. [1997, Jerome Frisk, “The Theoretical (Re)Positions of the New Western History”, in Forrest G[len] Robinson, editor, The New Western History: The Territory Ahead, Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 23:]