Wend vs Woof - What's the difference?
wend | woof |
(obsolete) To turn; change.
To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
* Surrey
(obsolete) To turn; make a turn; go round; veer.
(obsolete) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.
(obsolete, UK, legal) A large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit.
the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.
A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
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As verbs the difference between wend and woof
is that wend is to turn; change while woof is to make a woofing sound.As nouns the difference between wend and woof
is that wend is a large extent of ground; a perambulation; a circuit while woof is the set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle.As an interjection woof is
expression of strong physical attraction for someone.As an acronym woof is
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English
Verb
- We wended our weary way westward.
- Great voyages to wend .
- (Sir Walter Raleigh)
Usage notes
The modern past tense of (m) is (m). Originally it was (m), similarly to pairs such as (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), (m)/(m), or (m)/(m). However, (m) was long ago co-opted as the past tense of (m) (replacing (etyl) (m)) and using it as the past tense of (m) is now considered archaic.Synonyms
* to betake oneselfNoun
(en noun)- (Burrill)
References
* ----woof
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) oof, owf, from (etyl) , from Proto-Germanic *webanan'' (to weave), from Proto-Indo-European ''*webh-''/''*wobh- (to weave, to lace together).Noun
(en noun)citation, genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=O'er her fine waist the purfled woof descends; }}