Meaning
7 senses(rare, transitive)To place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom.
(figuratively, rare, transitive)To interweave (something) with another thing; to weave (several things) together.
(figuratively, rare, transitive)To say (something) in an aggressive or boastful manner.
(informal, rare, transitive)To eat (food) voraciously; to devour, to gobble, to wolf.
(intransitive, rare, transitive)Of a dog: to bark.
ла́ятьlájatʹ
(intransitive, rare, transitive)Of a person or thing: to make a sound resembling a dog's bark.
(figuratively, intransitive, rare, transitive)To speak in an aggressive or boastful manner.
Examples
11 sentencesLast night I woofed my cookies.
Arf! Ruff! Bow-wow! Woof! Grrrrrr....
Гав! Гав! Гав-гав!!! Гав! Р-р-р-р... — deniko
ruАв! Гав! Гав-гав! Тяф! Р-р-р-р... — Ooneykcall
Woof, woof, woof!
Гав, гав, гав! — shanghainese
ruГав, гав, гав! — sicerabibax
deWau, wau, wau! — Roujin
Woof, this was a tough one.
"Meow" means "woof" in cat.
ru«Мяу» – это «гав» по-кошачьи. — Ooneykcall
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
The noun is derived from Middle English wof, oof, owf (“threads in a piece of woven fabricThe noun is derived from Middle English wof, oof, owf (“threads in a piece of woven fabric at right angles to the warp, weft, woof; also sometimes the warp; transverse filaments of a spider web”) [and other forms] (the forms beginning with w were influenced by warp and weft), from Old English ōwef, āwef, from ō-, ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; off; out’) + *wef (“web”) (only attested in the form gewef (“woof”); from wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid; to weave”)).
The interjection and noun are onomatopoeic. Interjection etymology 2, interjection sense 2 (“used to express strong physical attraction for someone”) probably alludes to the eager barking of a dog.
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Forms
woofs, woofing, woofed, woofedLessons 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