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Noun wooing has 1 sense
- courtship, wooing, courting, suit - a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage); "its was a brief and intense courtship"
--1 is a kind of entreaty, prayer, appeal
--1 has particulars: bundling
Verb woo has 2 senses
- woo, court - seek someone's favor; "China is wooing Russia"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- woo, court, romance, solicit - make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary"
--2 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot woo Sue
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