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woody definition
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This page has 7 definitions of woody in English. Woody is an adjective and noun. Examples of how to use woody in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
See also: Woody
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.
Adjective
woody (comparative woodier, superlative woodiest)
- Covered in woods; wooded.
- 1730, James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […] .
- (obsolete) Belonging to the woods; sylvan.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
- Made of wood, or having wood-like properties.
- (botany) Non-herbaceous.
- Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
- (botany) Lignified.
- the woody parts of a plant
Translations
covered in woods
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non-herbaceous
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lignified
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Etymology 2
From wood + -y (diminutive suffix).
Noun
woody (plural woodies)
- Alternative form of woodie.
- (climbing, slang) A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing.
- 2022 January 13, Sam Anderson, “Decoy Board Jockeys Into Moon Board, Kilter Board Climbing Market”, in GearJunkie[1]:
- And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016.