proofed
SayPROOFT/pɹuft/
- 1Simple past and past participle of proof.
The baker proofed the dough overnight in a warm corner of the kitchen.
Editors proofed the manuscript twice before it went to print.
Note
One regular past form serves several trades at once. In the kitchen, dough is proofed until it rises, and yeast is proofed to show it is still active. A gunsmith's barrel is proofed by firing an overloaded charge, and a coat is proofed against water. The editor's use, short for proofread, is colloquial: in formal writing a manuscript is proofread rather than proofed.
proofed is a form of proof
proof, verb: To treat something so as to make it resistant, especially to water. Full entry
- Spelling
- proof → proofed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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