woo
verb /wuː/
/wuː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they woo | /wuː/ /wuː/ |
| he / she / it woos | /wuːz/ /wuːz/ |
| past simple wooed | /wuːd/ /wuːd/ |
| past participle wooed | /wuːd/ /wuːd/ |
| -ing form wooing | /ˈwuːɪŋ/ /ˈwuːɪŋ/ |
- woo somebody to try to get the support of somebody
- Voters are being wooed with promises of lower taxes.
- Selected items are being sold at half price to woo customers into the store.
- woo somebody (old-fashioned) (of a man) to try to persuade a woman to love him and marry him synonym courtTopics Feelingsc2
Word Originlate Old English wōgian (intransitive), āwōgian (transitive), of unknown origin.