"roofs" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹuːvz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹuːfs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹʊfs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹuvz/ [General-American], /ɹufs/ [General-American], /ɹʊfs/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -uːvz, -uːfs, -ʊfs Etymology: From Middle English rooves, roves, from Old English hrōfas (nominative and accusative plural of hrōf (“roof”)); equivalent to roof + -s. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rooves}} Middle English rooves, {{inh|en|ang|hrōfas|pos=nominative and accusative plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">hrōf</i> (“roof”)}} Old English hrōfas (nominative and accusative plural of hrōf (“roof”)), {{suf|en|roof|s}} roof + -s Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} roofs
  1. plural of roof Tags: form-of, plural Form of: roof Synonyms: rooves [British, English, common]
    Sense id: en-roofs-en-noun-~GYVOqzG Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɹuːfs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹʊfs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹufs/ [General-American], /ɹʊfs/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -uːfs, -ʊfs Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} roofs
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of roof Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: roof
    Sense id: en-roofs-en-verb-DUd-Geec Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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