0 present participle of proof
1 to treat a surface with a substance that will protect it against something, especially water
Two of the literacy measures assessed phonics skills (word attack and letter-word identification), one assessed reading comprehension (passage comprehension), and two assessed writing (proofing, dictation).
Even for continuing couples, increasingly unstable employment patterns mean that two earners are frequently required for long-term poverty proofing.
During one interview, the respondent was proofing a letter he needed to sign while simultaneously replying to one of my questions.
Countries, perhaps, without a 'green lobby' may well baulk at the cost and find 'weather proofing' old reactors a more attractive option.
This arrangement, clearly emphasised by the gap between the roof and the loggia, acts as a thermal break and provides sound proofing from one house to the next.
The means of achieving continuity should be considered from the outset when dealing with, for example, structural stability, water exclusion, thermal insulation, sound insulation, fire protection, dampproofing and water proofing.
It was aimed at repairs that are desperately required, in tenemental areas, to stairs, roofs and, where necessary, sound proofing.
We went in and did all the work on all the roofs and walls, the damp proofing and the rewiring.
