# roofed

Pronunciation: say "ROOFT" US /ɹuft/, UK /ɹuːft/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of roof. — simple past and past participle of roof
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of roof. Use this form for putting a roof on something in the past.
   - _The builders roofed the cottage before the rain set in._
   - _Most of the houses on the street were roofed with slate._

## Adjective

2. Having a roof, or having a roof of a particular type or material.
   - Simple: Having a roof, or having a roof made in a certain way.
   - _The newly roofed barn could finally shelter the animals through winter._
   - _A glass-roofed atrium let sunlight pour into the lobby below._

## Origin

This comes from Middle English "rofed", formed from the noun "roof" plus "-ed". It replaced an earlier Old English form "hrēfed", found in "unoferhrēfed" ("unoverroofed").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/roofed (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).