Woods

[ woodz ]

/ wʊdz /

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noun

Eldrick

[el-drik], /ˈɛl drɪk/, "Tiger", born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.

Lake of the. Lake of the Woods.

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Words nearby Woods

wood rose, Woodrow, woodruff, Woodruff key, woodrush, Woods, wood sage, wood screw, Woodser, woodshed, wood shot

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How to use Woods in a sentence

During the meeting, the board was discussing the contract extension of Superintendent Kriner Cash, among other education-related topics, when Woods was seen cursing and making a crude signal while another member of the board had the floor.
Buffalo School Board Member Apologizes After Using Profanity During Zoom Meeting|Kirsten West Savali|November 30, 2020|Essence.com
Tiger Woods’s parents, Earl and Kultida, “were not hovering, helicopter parents,” Larry Londino, who wrote a 2009 biography of Woods, has said.
Tiger Woods and son Charlie, 11, to team up at December golf tournament|Matt Bonesteel|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Now comes a character who makes that version of Woods look like a short hitter.
Who can win the Masters, who can but won’t and who to pick in your pool|Barry Svrluga|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Such faith paid off last year, when Woods won his fifth green jacket at 16-1 odds.
Masters picks: The best bets to put on the green jacket|Matt Bonesteel|November 11, 2020|Washington Post

Who can win the Masters, who can but won’t and who to pick in your pool“We’re playing for some skins, and I didn’t have any cash in my pocket,” Woods said.
At the Masters, Tiger Woods walks in two worlds: Yarn-spinning legend and defending champ|Barry Svrluga|November 11, 2020|Washington Post
Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“James Woods has a reputation in the business of not mincing words,” Breitbart posted in September 2013.
How James Woods Became Obama’s Biggest Twitter Troll|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“James Woods refuses to toe the Hollyweird line,” Twitchy managing editor Lori Ziganto told The Daily Beast in an email.
How James Woods Became Obama’s Biggest Twitter Troll|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Scratch a liberal, find a fascist every time,” Woods tweeted in April.
How James Woods Became Obama’s Biggest Twitter Troll|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Woods were shredded, the earth trembled and the ground exploded in showers of stone and red-hot metal splinters.
Hitler’s Hail Mary|James A. Warren|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She lit another cigarette, and for a few moments looked silently out of the window at the darkening woods beyond the lawn.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
She led the way through the woods, leaping from one tree branch to another over Squinty's head.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Squinty went this way and that through the woods, but he could not find the path that led to his pen.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
The chesnut woods of Antero de Herrares opened their enamelled glades before the travellers.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
A few moments later she joined Gwynne at the foot of the staircase, and they went out to the woods.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for Woods (1 of 3)

woods

/ (wʊdz) /

pl n

closely packed trees forming a forest or wood, esp a specific one

another word for backwoods (def. 2)

the woodwind instruments in an orchestraSee also wood 1 (def. 8)

neck of the woods informal an area or localitya quiet neck of the woods

British Dictionary definitions for Woods (2 of 3)

Woods¹

noun

Lake of the Woods See Lake of the Woods

British Dictionary definitions for Woods (3 of 3)

Woods²

/ (wʊdz) /

noun

Tiger, real name Eldrick Woods . born 1975, US golfer: youngest US Masters champion and first Black golfer to win a major championship; winner of the US Masters (1997, 2001–02, 2005), US Open (2000, 2002, 2008), British Open Championship (2000, 2005–06), and the PGA Championship (1999, 2000, 2006-07); in 2001 he became the only player to hold all four major titles at once

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