wwoof
/ˈwʊf/
wwoof verb: to work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming. Also the acronym of willing worker on organic farms.
Verb (1)
wwoof (third-person singular simple present wwoofs, present participle wwoofing, simple past and past participle wwoofed)
- To work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming.
- An Australian, Over50, posted on lowimpact: "I wwoofed on six organic farms in the UK a few years ago and except for one, I found it a disappointing experience. In all cases, none of my hosts met me at stations or bus stations when they said they would.2011 April 22, Rebecca Smithers, “Want to be a wwoofer?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Proper noun capitalized: WWOOF
WWOOF
- Acronym of World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.
- As such, while the primary focus of the WWOOF venture is organic farming, hosting volunteer travelers is a secondary objective.2012, Kirsten Holmes, Karen Smith, Managing Volunteers in Tourism, page 265
- Some hosts became involeved in WWOOF following their own WWOOFing experiences when travelling, with nearly 24% of hosts having previously WWOOFed at least once.2015, Yvette Reisinger, Transformational Tourism: Host Perspectives, page 146
Verb (2) capitalized: WWOOF
WWOOF (third-person singular simple present WWOOFs, present participle WWOOFing, simple past and past participle WWOOFed)
- Alternative form of wwoof.
- There was a survey completed recently by a Lund University student named Maggie Melin, in which over 1,400 WWOOFers participated. 67.3% WWOOFed to learn more about organic farming; 70.9% to have a chance to live with locals; 35% to improve language skills; 48% to save money; 62.2% to travel around...2012, Astra Lincoln, Vocational Vagabond, Volunteer Vacationer
- Some hosts became involeved in WWOOF following their own WWOOFing experiences when travelling, with nearly 24% of hosts having previously WWOOFed at least once.2015, Yvette Reisinger, Transformational Tourism: Host Perspectives, page 146
Also used as
wwoof is also the acronym of willing worker on organic farms.
Forms of wwoof
| third-person singular present | wwoofs |
|---|---|
| present participle | wwoofing |
| past participle | wwoofed |
| past | wwoofed |
| third-person singular present | WWOOFs |
| present participle | WWOOFing |
| past participle | WWOOFed |
| past | WWOOFed |
Origin of wwoof
Acronym of willing work on organic farms.
Questions about wwoof
- What does wwoof mean?
- Wwoof means to work on an organic farm in exchange for room, board, and education in organic farming.
- What part of speech is wwoof?
- Wwoof can be a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wwoof?
- Wwoof is pronounced /ˈwʊf/.
- What is the past tense of wwoof?
- The past tense of wwoof is wwoofed.
Words near wwoof in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wwoof (page history and authors); WWOOF (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “wwoof.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/wwoof. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.