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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Roof \Roof\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Roofed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roofing}.]
1. To cover with a roof.
I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vaults or arches. --Addison.
2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.
Here had we now our country's honor roofed. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
roofed
adjective: covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination); "roofed picnic areas"; "a slate-roofed house"; "palmleaf-roofed huts" [ant: {roofless}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "roofed": armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped, filmed, floored, hooded, housed, loricate, loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged, paved, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled, shielded, shrouded, swathed, tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped
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