Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The threads that run crosswise in a woven fabric, at right angles to the warp threads.
- n. The texture of a fabric.
- n. The characteristically deep, gruff bark of a dog.
- n. A sound similar to a woof.
- v. To make this sound.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The thread that is carried by the shuttle and is woven into the warp by being passed back and forth through successive sheds, or partings made in the warp or lengthwise threads by the action of heddles; the threads that run from side to side of a web; the weft.
- n. Texture; cloth: as. a pall of softest woof.
Wiktionary
- n. the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.
- n. A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
- n. The sound a dog makes when barking.
- interj. Expression of strong physical attraction for someone.
- v. To make a woofing sound
- Well Off Older Folks
- Work on organic farm
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.
- n. Texture; cloth.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Etymologies
- Alteration (influenced by warp) of Middle English oof, from Old English ōwef : ō-, on, on; see on + wefan, to weave; see webh- in Indo-European roots.Imitative.
Examples
“They are then called upon to "weave the warp, and weave the woof," perhaps, with no great propriety; for it is by crossing the _woof_ with the _warp_ that men _weave_ the _web_ or piece; and the first line was dearly bought by the admission of its wretched correspondent, "give ample room and verge enough [198].”
“are called upon to "Weave the warp, and weave the woof," perhaps with no great propriety; for it is by crossing the _woof_ with the _warp_ that men weave the _web_ or piece; and the first line was dearly bought by the admission of its wretched correspondent, "Give ample room and verge enough.”
“STRANGER: Again, if a person were to say that the art of making the warp and the woof was the art of weaving, he would say what was paradoxical and false.”
“STRANGER: And the threads which are more loosely spun, having a softness proportioned to the intertexture of the warp and to the degree of force used in dressing the cloth, — the threads which are thus spun are called the woof, and the art which is set over them may be called the art of spinning the woof.”
“The woof is the thread that in weaving is carried by the shuttle through the threads of the "warp" -- here it means the "filling.”
“And the music still kept spinning and spinning, and finally wove in the color and fragrance and light with its subtile self; and the background of the woof was the hum and murmur of voices, and the continual rustling of feet.”
“The thread for the filling (called the woof by the negroes) was reeled from the hank on the winding-blades, upon small canes about four inches long which, when full, were placed in the wooden shuttles.”
“Dear Readers: My mini schnauzer, Cabbie, greets my secretaries each day with a cheerful "woof" (or several) because she knows they will give her a treat (or several)!”
“Woofer requires each "woof" to include a minimum of 1,400 characters, whereas Twitter limits each tweet to just 140.”
IDG: One year later, Twitter parody site Woofer hits 2 billion characters
“McCain was diplomatic on his views of same sex marriages ....... at least he didn't "woof" some political explanation to advance his candidacy.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘woof’.
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metaphoric references to dogs
As an ongoing part of my project, Dogs in Metaphor and Idiom, Illustrated, (www.metaphordogs.org) I am continually adding terms. If you know a term that fi...
dog, alpha male, at bay, bark, bird dog, bitch, bitchin, bloodhound, bulldog, canaille, canines, cerberus and 130 more...
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Onomatopoetic
words (seemingly) formed in imitation of a natural sound
plash, guff, woof, splash, crash, pow, crack, bang, whoosh, whizz, whallop, fizz and 116 more...
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Sounds
words that describe sound
atchoo, atishoo, babble, bam, bay, beep, blast, blather, bleat, bleep, blip, bong and 241 more...
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fabrics
different words related to fabrics--types of fabric but also the process of making/marketing/using them
damask, cotton, flax, moreen, velvet, drapery, sartorial, haberdasher, tweed, warp, woof, weave and 5 more...
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onomatopoeias (1 syllable)
1 syllable words that mean what they sound like. (dictionaried or un-dictionaried words | onomatopoeic in nature)
onomatopoeias (2 syllable) | onomatopoeias (3+ syllables)gush, buzz, pop, woof, boo, bam, bang, bash, bump, clang, clap, click and 86 more...
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Animal voices
wuff, snort, chirp, baa, moo, meow, oink, bark, woof, grr, purr, hiss and 24 more...
amacleod03 To threaten, perhaps a bluff, or perhaps not. Jul 26, 2009