'Woo' definitions:
Definition of 'woo'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Woo'
From: GCIDE
- Woo \Woo\, v. i. To court; to make love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Woo'
From: GCIDE
- Woo \Woo\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wooing.] [OE. wowen, wo?en, AS. w?gian, fr. w?h bent, crooked, bad; akin to OS. w[=a]h evil, Goth. unwahs blameless, Skr. va?c to waver, and perhaps to E. vaccilate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To solicit in love; to court. [1913 Webster]
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes The image he himself has wrought. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To court solicitously; to invite with importunity. [1913 Webster]
- Thee, chantress, oft the woods among I woo, to hear thy even song. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I woo the wind That still delays his coming. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'woo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- allure,
- angle for,
- bait,
- bait the hook,
- beau,
- bid for,
- bill and coo,
- blandish,
- cajole,
- canvass,
- chase,
- coax,
- court,
- decoy,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw on,
- ensnare,
- entice,
- esquire,
- fish for,
- flirt,
- flirt with,
- follow,
- give the come-on,
- inveigle,
- lay siege to,
- lead on,
- look for,
- lure,
- make suit to,
- make up to,
- offer bait to,
- pay attention to,
- pay court to,
- pop the question,
- pursue,
- rope in,
- seduce,
- seek,
- serenade,
- solicit,
- spark,
- squire,
- suck in,
- sue,
- sue for,
- swain,
- sweetheart