Past tense of roof
regular verb
The past tense of roof is roofed. The past participle is also roofed.
Forms of roof
| Base form (V1) | roof /ɹuːf/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | roofed |
| Past participle (V3) | roofed |
| Present participle | roofing |
| Third person singular | roofs /ɹuːvz/ |
Roofed in a sentence
- A trench about ten feet deep was dug in the ground and roofed over with sticks and earth so as to form a dark tunnel.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 264
- It built him softly round, it roofed him warmly over, it rested, all so firm, on selection.1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC
- The other building type similar to theatres, although smaller and generally roofed, was the odeon.1986, John H. Humphrey, Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry odeon
- Slate roofed and with liver-painted eaves, it stood in a weedy firbound garden.1961, William Sansom, The Last Hours of Sandra Lee, page 229. From the entry firbound
- The small brick room, unceilinged, was roofed with corrugated iron; the heat poured down.1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 277. From the entry unceilinged
Meaning of roof
- noun The external covering at the top of a building.
- noun The top external level of a building.
- noun The upper part of a cavity.
Questions about the past tense of roof
- What is the past tense of roof?
- The past tense of roof is roofed.
- What is the past participle of roof?
- The past participle of roof is roofed.
- Is roof a regular or irregular verb?
- Roof is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: roof (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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