roof
To cover or furnish with a roofTo cover or furnish with a roof.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To cover or furnish with a roof.
überdachen
provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof
To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
(slang, transitive)To put into prison, to bird.
(transitive)To shelter as if under a roof.
Examples
750 sentencesThe cat is on the roof.
Кіт на даху. — deniko
ruКошка на крыше. — Shady_arc
deDie Katze ist auf dem Dach. — list
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
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
Look at the cat on the roof.
Подивись на кота на даху. — deniko
ruПосмотри на кошку на крыше. — marafon
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 languagesBy meaning 1
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, roofedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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