English > woo: 2 senses > verb 2, social| Meaning | make amorous advances towards. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | Sam cannot woo Sue |
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| Synonyms | court, romance, solicit |
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| Narrower | chase, chase after | pursue someone sexually or romantically |
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| display | attract attention by displaying some body part or posing |
| Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| Spanish | cortejar, festejar, galantear |
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| Catalan | cortejar, estar promès, fer la cort, festejar, galantejar, sortir |
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| Nouns | wooer | a man who courts a woman |
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| wooing | a man's courting of a woman |
