woo

woo  (w)

v. wooed, woo·ing, woos

v.tr.

1. To seek the affection of with intent to romance.

2.

a. To seek to achieve; try to gain.

b. To tempt or invite.

3. To entreat, solicit, or importune.

v.intr.

To court a woman.

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[Middle English wowen, from Old English wgian.]

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wooer n.

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woo [wuː]

vb woos, wooing, wooed

1. to seek the affection, favour, or love of (a woman) with a view to marriage

2. (tr) to seek after zealously or hopefully to woo fame

3. (tr) to bring upon oneself (good or evil results) by one's own action

4. (tr) to beg or importune (someone)

[Old English wōgian, of obscure origin]

wooer  n

wooing  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	woo - seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia" court
	2.	woo - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" court, romance, solicit act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" chase after, chase - pursue someone sexually or romantically display - attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

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woo

verb

1. seek, cultivate, try to attract, curry favour with, seek to win, solicit the goodwill of The bank wooed customers by offering low interest rates.

2. court, chase, pursue, spark (rare), importune, seek to win, pay court to, seek the hand of, set your cap at (old-fashioned), pay your addresses to, pay suit to, press your suit with The penniless author successfully wooed and married Roxanne.

Translations

woo [wuː] VT

1. (lit) → cortejar

2. (fig) → buscarse

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woo [ˈwuː] vt [+ woman] → faire la cour à, courtiser

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woo

vt

(dated, = court) woman → den Hof machen (+dat), → umwerben

person → umwerben; (fig) stardom, sleep etc → suchen; audience etc → für sich zu gewinnen versuchen

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woo [wuː] vt → corteggiare (fig) (voters, audience) → cercare di conquistare

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woo [wuː] vt → corteggiare (fig) (voters, audience) → cercare di conquistare

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woo

v woo [wuː]

(of a man) to seek as a wife He wooed the daughter of the king. aanlê by, die hof maak يَخْطُب وُد، يَتَوَدَّد إلى، يُغازِل ухажвам ucházet se o bejle til freien um πολιορκώ (μτφ.), φλερτάρω cortejar kosima خواستگاری کردن؛ اظهار عشق کردن kosiskella faire la cour (à) לְחַזֵר प्रेम जताना udvarati udvarol (vkinek) melamar biðla til corteggiare 求愛する 구애하다 merginti, pirštis bildināt cuba memikat; mengurat het hof maken fri/beile til zalecać się cortejar a curta ухаживать uchádzať sa o, nahovárať si dvoriti udvarati se fria till, uppvakta แสวงหาความรัก kur yapmak (男性)以結婚為前提追求 залицятися; свататися شادی کا پیغام دینا theo đuổi 向...求婚

n wooer

hofmaker مُغازِل، مُتَوَدِّد، خاطِب ухажор nápadník bejler der Freier μνηστήρας, θαυμαστής pretendiente kosija خواستگار kosija prétendant מְחַזֵר प्रणययाचक udvarač (komoly) udvarló pelamar, merayu biðill corteggiatore, pretendente 求愛者 구혼자, 구애자 kavalierius bildinātājs pemikat; pengurat vrijer frier, beiler zalotnik pretendente pretendent ухажёр nápadník, ctiteľ snubec udvarač friare คนที่เกี้ยวพาราศี kur yapan kimse 追求者, 求愛者 залицяльник شادی کا پیغام دینے والا anh chàng tán gái 追求者, 求爱者