Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To cover or furnish with a roof.

    überdachen

    provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

  2. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

  3. (slang, transitive)To put into prison, to bird.

  4. (transitive)To shelter as if under a roof.

Examples

750 sentences
  1. The cat is on the roof.

    Кіт на даху. — deniko

    ruКошка на крыше. — Shady_arc

    deDie Katze ist auf dem Dach. — list

  2. Tom almost fell off the roof.

    Том мало не впав із даху. — deniko

    ruТом чуть не упал с крыши. — Wezel

    deTom wäre fast vom Dach gefallen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I saw the moon above the roof.

    Я побачив місяць понад дахом. — shanghainese

    ruЯ увидела луну над крышей. — shanghainese

    deIch habe den Mond über dem Dach gesehen. — MUIRIEL

  4. Look at the cat on the roof.

    Подивись на кота на даху. — deniko

    ruПосмотри на кошку на крыше. — marafon

  5. I saw a house with a red roof.

    Я бачив будинок з червоним дахом. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ видел дом с красной крышей. — sharptoothed

    deIch sah ein Haus mit rotem Dach. — Haehnchenpaella

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cover or furnish with a roof:

Origin

From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).

From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).

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Forms

roofs, roofing, roofed, roofed
Base formroof · to roof
3rd person singularroofs
Present participleroofing
Past simpleroofed
Past participleroofed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyroof
he, she, itroofs

Past simpleLesson

all personsroofed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave roofed
he, she, ithas roofed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill roof

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the roof
  • off the roof
  • the roof of
  • from the roof
  • red roof
  • roof was blown
  • the roof was
  • roof of his
  • roof of my
  • roof leaks
  • to the roof
  • in the roof

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
roof — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto