underwood
noun
woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
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underwood
American
[uhn-der-wood]
/ ˈʌn dərˌwʊd /
noun
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underwoods
plural
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woody shrubs or small trees growing among taller trees.
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a clump or stretch of such growth.
Underwood
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British
/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /
noun
underwood
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British
/ ˈʌndəˌwʊd /
noun
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Origin of underwood
First recorded in 1275–1325, underwood is from the Middle English word underwode. See under-, wood 1
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"Carrie underwood being an antimasker is just sad," wrote another.
From Fox News ● Aug. 18, 2021
“The natural underwood has been grubbed up,” Olmsted wrote at the time, “the trees, to a height of 10 to 15 feet, trimmed to bare poles.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2016
In some places the trees grew closely together, with a thick underwood, which shut-in the path on both sides, and through which the road had been partially cleared by the 33d.
From March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
The abundance of these flowers gives to the underwood a lively tint, which strikes the eye at a distance.
From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Alexander Philipp Maximilian
We observed no quadrupeds; but, of the feathered tribe, we found woodpeckers, kingfishers, and woodcocks, and in the sheltered nooks several humming-birds were darting about the flowery underwood of berberis, fuchsia, and arbutus.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
I enter an antique store and find must-haves—a pristine Underwood typewriter, a vacuum-tube radio—then remind myself that we’re trying to get rid of stuff, and the urge passes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In my office: an Underwood No. 5 typewriter and a hockey puck in a Plexiglas case — the actual puck from the only goal I ever scored playing college hockey, in 1977.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
They’ll respect your affection for an old Underwood typewriter while focusing on the practical question of where it’s actually going to go.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Yet, while Underwood struggled as quarterback during the 2025 season, Moore, the head football coach, told colleagues that Jolin frequently called and texted him, according to former Michigan staff members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
During the mid-’90s, back when Gregarious Simulation Systems was still just Gregarious Games, Morrow had moved in with his high-school sweetheart, Kira Underwood.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
There are above fourteen several sweet-smelling timber-trees, and the most part of their underwoods are bays and such like.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by John Rudd
The going was good, over firm footing, through light underwoods, among wide-set, big trees.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by Edward Lucas White
For the underwoods were populous with serpents of all kinds, many of which were venomous.
From Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \"Big Fish,\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. by Charles Gilson
And since you put me in mind of it, I think I must go and perplex their noses, by tangling my tracks all among the grass and underwoods.
From Chantecler Play in Four Acts by Edmond Rostand
A green flame would pass from meadow to hedgerow, from hedgerow to the tangled thickets of bramble and dog-rose, from the underwoods to the inmost forest glades.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Fiona Macleod
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