Proof is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PROOF in dictionary:

VERB:
• to examine for errors
• make (fabric) waterproof
• make a proof of (a printed work, engraving, etc.)
• proofread (a text)
• activate (yeast) by the addition of liquid
• knead (dough) until light and smooth.
• (of dough) prove
• Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armor of proof.
• make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
• knead to reach proper lightness
• read for errors
• activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
• make resistant (to harm)
• take a proof from (type matter)
NOUN:
• evidence or argument establishing a fact or the truth of a statement
• the spoken or written evidence in a trial.
• the action of establishing the truth of a statement
• a series of stages in the resolution of a mathematical or philosophical problem.
• a trial impression of a page, taken from type or film and used for making corrections before final printing.
• a trial photographic print made for initial selection.
• each of a number of impressions from an engraved plate, especially (in commercial printing) of a limited number before the ordinary issue is printed and before an inscription or signature is added.
• a specially struck specimen coin with a polished or frosted finish.
• the strength of distilled alcoholic spirits, relative to proof spirit taken as a standard of 100
• a test or trial of something.
• a trial or a civil case before a judge without a jury.
• evidence that shows that something is true or has happened
• Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
• That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
• The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
• Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
• A trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.
• A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
• any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
• a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
• a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
• (printing) an impression made to check for errors
• a trial photographic print from a negative
• the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
ADJECTIVE:
• able to withstand something damaging; resistant
• denoting a trial impression of a page or printed work
• Used in proving or testing; as, a proof load, or proof charge.
• Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.
• Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.
• (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand
• able to withstand

Words related to PROOF

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Words that contain PROOF

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How to use PROOF in a sentence

• He seized the bazaar and held it all that day, a few houses built of stone and with stones upon the roof which made them proof against our shells.
• But we are not aware of any proof of the truth of these stories having been discovered in recent times.
• But Arctic travellers are proof against such trifles.
• I will send the first Book as soon as I get all the proof sheets.
• The decision of the Court, rendered April 21, 1910, is an excellent proof of the great advance made within two decades in the position of women.
• Certainly, if he had hoped that the mere statement of fact and its proof would bring results, he failed.
• Browning for the moment, but though her frail health suffered from the shock, her faith in Louis Napoleon was proof against all attack.
• The keenness of the fighting is no proof of racial bitterness.
• John in their Epistles, had specially commended search, examination, inquiry, proof.
• The formalities of the proof you require, will occasion delay.
• The proof is clear that the world of nature is imperfect, the world of education perfect.
• The proof, therefore, that the theory advanced in regard to the order and the plan of the series is correct seems to be conclusive.
• No proof of admiration and devotion on their part, not even a sword drawn in my behalf, would have moved me.
• Both parties sustain their arguments by statements in proof, and by positive assertions.
• I consider the burning a proof that the South is semi-barbarous, and the hanging a proof that Wyoming is determined to become civilized.
• The orderly procession was proof of a concerted plan on the part of the invaders.
• There could be no stronger proof of this than the occupation of the throne of Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton by the arch-versifier Pope.
• I am in your power, and the treatment you accord me will be the best proof of your intentions toward me.
• Moreover, the five whom he feared so much were hard and fast in the military prison within the walls, and no proof of their charges had been brought forth.
• If they refuse to give this proof, we know of what stuff they are made.
• They have sufficient proof of your unselfish affection for them to stand a temporary little shock.
• But such a person is a proof of what may be accomplished.
• The proof he furnishes of the same is extremely slight, though he was furnished ample opportunity.
• Why girls, Miss Ravenscroft and the governors can do nothing to us unless they have proof, and they will have no proof if we are all true to each other.
• She acknowledged to herself that he was giving proof of his devotion as strong as any which a girl could receive from her lover.

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