woody

[ wood-ee ]

/ ˈwʊd i /

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adjective, wood·i·er, wood·i·est.

abounding with woods; wooded.

belonging or pertaining to the woods; sylvan.

consisting of or containing wood; ligneous.

resembling wood, as in appearance, texture, or toughness: a woody vegetable.

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Origin of woody

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English; see origin at wood¹, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM woody

wood·i·ness, noun

Words nearby woody

wood woollyfoot, woodwork, woodworker, woodworking, woodworm, woody, woodyard, woody nightshade, woof, woofer, woofter

Other definitions for woody (2 of 4)

woody²

or wood·ie

[ wood-ee ]

/ ˈwʊd i /

noun, plural wood·ies.

Slang. a station wagon having wood or simulated-wood panels on the outside of the body.

Slang: Vulgar. an erection of the penis.

Origin of woody

First recorded in 1940–45 for def. 2; in 1960–65 for def. 1; wood¹ + -y²

Other definitions for woody (3 of 4)

woody³

[ wuhd-ee, woo-dee ]

/ ˈwʌd i, ˈwu di /

Chiefly Scot.

noun, adjective, plural wood·ies,wood·i·er, wood·i·est.

widdy¹.

Other definitions for woody (4 of 4)

Woody

[ wood-ee ]

/ ˈwʊd i /

noun

a male given name, form of Woodrow.

How to use woody in a sentence

That twisting action is due to how the pods’ woody fibers line up at the microscopic level.
No trees were harmed to 3-D print this piece of wood|Katie Grace Carpenter|September 23, 2022|Science News For Students
Grasses and other plants in nonforest ecosystems would need to expend just over 1 percent of their energy stores, largely because such plants are far shorter and have less resistance to the flow of sap within their tissues than woody plants do.
The worldwide water-lifting power of plants is enormous|Sid Perkins|September 6, 2022|Science News
There’s no species called a “bonsai tree” — the word literally means “tree in a pot,” and virtually any woody tree or shrub can be trained as a bonsai.
In praise of tiny trees|Max Falkowitz|December 17, 2021|Vox
Woody said she has learned of disruptions of other Zoom events in a similar way that are being referred to as “Zoom bombing” incidents.
D.C.’s Mary’s House event disrupted by ‘Zoom bombing’|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|March 24, 2021|Washington Blade

Woody said 60 people from across the country registered for the event, but only about 39 people signed on to the Zoom site when the hacker began to disrupt the event.
D.C.’s Mary’s House event disrupted by ‘Zoom bombing’|Lou Chibbaro Jr.|March 24, 2021|Washington Blade
So with Woody, his first 3-5 films will be your favorites, or your first 3-5 Sam Shepard plays will be your favorites.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I would have never predicted when I saw Cheers that Woody Harrelson was going to be one of the great actors of this generation.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wally said, “One day, Woody Allen will pass, and people will wonder if he really lived.”
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Woody Allen once remarked that 80 or 90 % of life was just showing up.
Why We Should Delay The Israel-Palestinian Peace Process|Aaron David Miller|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Willie Watson is a throwback to the days of Woody Guthrie and early Bob Dylan.
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Grant's Island is higher than the others, which are merely small woody islets, the centre is in 11 degrees 10 minutes.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
The fruit consists of radiating, somewhat woody fibres, terminating in a tuberculated and slightly papillose surface.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XVI|Various
The woody hollow of Cowan's Bridge was foggy, unwholesome, damp.
Emily Bront|A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
They then put forth new leaves and flowers, and after sixteen or eighteen months they become slightly woody.
Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests|J. J. von Tschudi
This is largely due to the fact that plant cells have woody walls that the digestive juices cannot act upon.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

British Dictionary definitions for woody

woody

/ (ˈwʊdɪ) /

adjective woodier or woodiest

abounding in or covered with forest or woods

connected with, belonging to, or situated in a wood

consisting of or containing wood or ligninwoody tissue; woody stems

resembling wood in hardness or texture

Derived forms of woody

woodiness, noun

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