woos
woos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of woo.
Meaning of woo
Verb
woo (third-person singular simple present woos, present participle wooing, simple past and past participle wooed)
- To endeavor to gain someone's affection or support.
- They're trying to woo the customers back with this new mobile plan.
- Often of a man, to try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with.
- Soo leue we syr Launcelot lyenge within that caue in grete payne / and euery day ther came a lady & brouȝt hym his mete & his drynke / & wowed hym to haue layne by hym / and euer the noble knyghte syre Launcelot sayd her nay.
"So leave we Sir Launcelot lying within that cave in great pain; and...1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XIX, Chapter viii, leaf 393v
- Soo leue we syr Launcelot lyenge within that caue in grete payne / and euery day ther came a lady & brouȝt hym his mete & his drynke / & wowed hym to haue layne by hym / and euer the noble knyghte syre Launcelot sayd her nay.
- To court solicitously; to invite with importunity; to solicit in love.
- Thee Chauntreſs oft the Woods among, / I woo to hear thy eeven Song;a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 39
- Synonyms:
- court
Noun
woos
Phrases with woos
Words that rhyme with woos
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- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- transfuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- yous
- 'scuse
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
Questions about woos
- What does woos mean?
- Woos means a coward; a wuss.
- What is woos the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Woos is the third-person singular simple present indicative of woo.
- What part of speech is woos?
- Woos is a noun.
Words near woos in the dictionary
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