The Collaborative Dictionary

Woof \Woof\ (w[=oo]f), n. [OE. oof, AS. [=o]wef, [=o]web, [=a]web; on, an, on + wef, web, fr. wefan to weave. The initial w is due to the influence of E. weave. See On, Weave, and cf. Abb.] [1913 Webster]

The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving. [1913 Webster]

Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Word Net

woof n : the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: weft, filling, pick]

Moby Thesaurus

cloth, drapery, etoffe, fabric, feel, felt, filling, finish, goods, grain, granular texture, indentation, knub, lace, material, nap, napery, nub, pick, pile, pit, pock, protuberance, rag, shag, shoot, silk, structure, stuff, surface, surface texture, textile, textile fabric, texture, tissu, tissue, wale, warp, weave, web, weft, wool

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʊf

Interjection

woof!

1. The sound a dog makes when barking
2. Expression of strong physical attraction for someone.

Translations

• Catalan: bof, buf
• Danish: vov, vuf
• Estonian: auh
• Faroese: voff
• Finnish: hau, vuh
• French: ouaf
• German: wau, wuff
• Greek: γαβ-γαβ (ɣav-ɣav)
• Japanese: ワン (wan)
• Macedonian: ав-ав (av-av)
• Romanian: ham-ham
• Russian: гав-гав (gav-gav)
• Spanish: guau guau

Verb

1. To make a woofing sound

Translations

• Catalan: bordar
• Estonian auh
• Finnish: haukkua
• French: aboyer
• Greek: γαβγίζω (ɣavɣizo), αλυχτώ (alikhto)
• Romanian: lătra
• Russian: лаять (lájat’)

Etymology 2

Middle English oof, owf < Old English ōwef, āwef < from ō- (on) + wef (web) < wefan (to weave) < Proto-Germanic *webanan (to weave) < Proto-Indo-European *webh-/*wobh- (to weave, to lace together).

Noun

woof

1. weft, the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp.

Translations

Acronym

• (marketing) Well Off Older Folks
• (farming) Work on organic farm

Woof may refer to:

• Bark (dog), the sound a dog makes
• Woof!, a 1980s/1990s British children's television series
• "Woof" (single), a 1999 single from rapper Snoop Dogg
• WOOF (AM), a radio station broadcasting on 560 kHZ, based in Dothan, Alabama
• WOOF-FM, a radio station broadcasting on 99.7 MHz, based in Dothan, Alabama
• Peter Schickele's fictional radio station WOOF at fictional University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople
• Weft in weaving, the threads or yarn that run from side to side on a loom
• a low-frequency sound of a woofer in acoustics

See also

• WWOOF, an organization that promotes volunteering on organic farms