roofed

verb

past tense of roof
as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week

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Recent Examples of roofed The property was designed to reflect California’s Spanish mission heritage, complete with a copper roofed bell tower modeled after Mission Santa Barbara, according to PBS SoCal. — Dana Sauchelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 Kane’s second goal, roofed into the net after evading two defenders, was the late game-winner for England against DR Congo. — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026 It was modeled after canal packet boats of yore, which were squat and flat-roofed to fit beneath the low railroad bridges that crossed the canal. — Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 It’s also roofed to protect anyone entering or leaving the main entry. — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2026 The power forward pulled the puck through Colorado defenseman Sam Malinski onto his backhand, then roofed the puck past Wedgewood to send T-Mobile Arena into a frenzy. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 25 May 2026 Off the faceoff, Tabin picked up a loose puck and roofed a backhand on Philips. — ABC News, 16 May 2026 Spanning more than 4,000 square feet, the flat-roofed, single-story house is designed to frame its countryside setting, with floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors opening onto terraces and wide rural views. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026 But Kreider was able to direct a pass to Carlsson, who carried the puck into the Sharks’ zone, danced past winger Ty Dellandrea, and roofed a shot past Askarov. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roofed
  1. housed
  2. accommodated
  3. sheltered
  4. lodged
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  • The Museum of Rural Arts In 2008, a volunteer association in the hamlet founded the Museum of Rural Arts, which is housed in a historic monastery (Convento di San Girolamo).
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • All the walls lifted to reveal this much larger space where she was housed.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
Verb
  • Taiwan fits neither category as a guest but Nagasaki accommodated its representatives at their request last year, officials said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Of those families, the district accommodated 69% of the requests, while about 118 families were not transferred to their preferred school, Spielberg said.
    — Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of accommodated
Verb
  • Hundreds others sheltered overnight at the Chiba prefectural government building.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Just below the chapel that gave the beach its name, close to Tinos town, the pebbly cove of Agios Markos (south) has some of the clearest turquoise water on the island, sheltered from wind and somewhat shaded by a stand of tamarisk trees.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sheltered
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  • These are among the roughly 2,000 complaints consumers have lodged with US auto safety regulators describing problems with glitchy rearview camera systems, a figure that’s surged recently.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Other is not modern; its features are to be regarded as lodged in an era that is over and done with.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodged

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