roofed

roof

 (ro͞of, ro͝of)

n.

1.

a. The exterior surface and its supporting structures on the top of a building.

b. The upper exterior surface of a dwelling as a symbol of the home itself: three generations living under one roof.

2. The top covering of something: the roof of a car.

3. The upper surface of an anatomical structure, especially one having a vaulted inner structure: the roof of the mouth.

4. The highest point or limit; the summit or ceiling: A roof on prices is needed to keep our customers happy.

tr.v. roofed, roof·ing, roofs

To furnish with a roof or cover.

Idioms:

go through the roof Slang

1. To grow, intensify, or rise to an enormous, often unexpected degree: Operating costs went through the roof last year.

2. To become extremely angry: When I told her about breaking the window, she went through the roof.

raise the roof Slang

1. To be extremely noisy and boisterous: They raised the roof at the party.

2. To complain loudly and bitterly: Angry tenants finally raised the roof about their noisy neighbors.

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[Middle English, from Old English hrōf.]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

roofed - covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination); "roofed picnic areas"; "a slate-roofed house"; "palmleaf-roofed huts" combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'" roofless - not having a roof; "the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless"

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