wooded

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US /ˈwʊdɪd/
adj verb Freq #35594

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    covered with growing trees and bushes etc

    wooded land

  2. 2
    adj

    Covered with trees.

    All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes more sombre, with the terraced, slate-roofed colliery towns and the road, railway and river all struggling for space in the narrowing defiles.

  3. 3
    adj

    Aged in wooden casks.

  4. 4
    verb

    simple past and past participle of wood

Etymology

From Middle English woded (“concealed by trees”), equivalent to wood + -ed.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · covered with trees. sylvanwoodsywoody
Word family
Derived forms well-woodedwoodedlywoodedness
Related forms woodwoodlikewoodsywoody

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