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Adjective
- (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand
Noun
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
- if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it
Verb
- make resistant (to harm)
- proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors
- I should proofread my manuscripts
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset