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 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 Luostarinen got around Lohrei and roofed it past Swayman. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roofed
  1. housed
  2. accommodated
  3. sheltered
  4. lodged
Verb
  • The shop opened earlier this summer and is located at 1108 E 30th St F, housed in the Wonder Shops and Flats building alongside other establishments like The Combine and AiZen Root Remedy.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Plans have yet to be finalized for the largest of the buildings, which formerly housed the plant’s gigantic boilers, but options include classrooms, an indoor play space or an oceanographic institute, according to the project’s designers.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
Verb
  • Up to 16 satellites … Before the award, a feasibility study was conducted to confirm that CubeSats could be safely accommodated as secondary payloads aboard an Ariane 6 flight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
  • In a single event, the ridge accommodated nearly 40 years’ worth of plate motion.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
Definition of accommodated
Verb
  • More than 56,000 people sheltered in Kyiv’s subway stations overnight, according to the Facebook post from the capital’s metro.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Russian strikes damaged residential buildings, vehicles, storage facilities, a market and a garage complex in the capital, where air raid warnings lasted more than five hours and thousands of residents sheltered in subway stations.
    — Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of sheltered
Verb
  • The man with almost no injury was writhing in agony, while the man with a four-inch nail lodged near his brain kept working for six days, not even realizing the nail was there.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Aerial footage of the crash showed the front part of the truck lodged into the side of the building.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of lodged

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“Roofed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roofed. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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