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
Verb
  • Related Stories Set in the Iranian village of Goorankesh, housed in an incredibly arid and seemingly inhospitable region, the film follows schoolteacher Davoud Soulan (Mohammad Rahimi), whose job lies on precarious foundations.
    — Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • But the building hasn’t housed anyone since early 2025, when SHO moved everyone out due to deteriorating building conditions.
    — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of housed
Verb
  • That would mean the new city, rather than the county, would have to identify where its share of the housing could be accommodated and establish the zoning and policies needed to allow it.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of accommodated
Verb
  • Thousands sheltered on Monday in evacuation centres in the Thai capital, parts of it still flooded after havoc brought by intense weekend rain, while swelling reservoirs in an eastern province triggered orders for more to leave their homes.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The new 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods will hammer many small- and medium-sized businesses, including family firms, that up to this point have been largely sheltered from the trade war.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of sheltered
Verb
  • The career included its hiccups, a not-yet-ready-for-primetime quarterback thrust into a starting role as a freshman, an on-campus protest in which the football team was lodged and, well, not as many wins as anyone involved would have liked.
    — Sam McDowell October 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Thompson lodged criticisms for Jones’ Silicon Valley donors, shifting policy positions and associations with healthcare companies that were fined for denying care.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of lodged

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“Roofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roofed. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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