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noun
1.
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
2.
a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof.
3.
the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world.
4.
something that in form or position resembles the roof of a house, as the top of a car, the upper part of the mouth, etc.
5.
EXPANDa house.
6.
COLLAPSEMining. the rock immediately above a horizontal mineral deposit.
verb (used with object)
7.
to provide or cover with a roof.
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Raise the roof
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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8.
go through the roof,
a.
to increase beyond all expectations: Foreign travel may very well go through the roof next year.
b.
Also, hit the roof, Informal. to lose one's temper; become extremely angry.
9.
raise the roof, Informal.
a.
to create a loud noise: The applause raised the roof.
b.
to complain or protest noisily: He'll raise the roof when he sees that bill.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English hrōf; cognate with Dutch roef cover, cabin, Old Norse hrōf
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English hrōf; cognate with Dutch roef cover, cabin, Old Norse hrōf
Related forms
roof·like, adjective
re·roof, verb (used with object)
self-roofed, adjective
un·der·roof, noun
un·roofed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
roof
O.E. hrof "roof, ceiling, top," from P.Gmc. *khrofaz (cf. O.Fris. rhoof "roof," M.Du. roof "cover, roof," Du. roef "deckhouse, cabin, coffin-lid," M.H.G. rof "penthouse," O.N. hrof "boat shed"). No apparent connections outside Gmc. "English alone has retained the word in a general sense, for which the
EXPANDother languages use forms corresponding to OE. þæc thatch" [OED]. The verb is from c.1475. Roof of the mouth is from late O.E. Raise the roof "create an uproar" is attested from 1860, originally in Southern Amer.Eng. Roofer "one who makes or repairs roofs" is from 1855.
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Medical Dictionary
roof (r&oomacr;f, r&oobreve;f)
n.
The upper surface of an anatomical structure, especially one having a vaulted inner structure.
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Idioms & Phrases
raise the roof
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Be extremely noisy and boisterous, as in They'd had a lot to drink and were really raising the roof last night.
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Complain loudly and angrily, as in When the landlord increased the rent, the tenants raised the roof about his lack of repairs and maintenance. Both usages convey the image of the roof being lifted because it cannot contain either noise or rage. [Slang; mid-1800s] Also see hit the ceiling.
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