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• woody
  woody

  adjective

  abounding with woods; wooded.
• Woody
  Woody

  noun

  a male given name, form of Woodrow.

woody

¹ American  

[wood-ee] / ˈwʊd i /

adjective

• woodier,
  comparative
• woodiest
  superlative

1. abounding with woods; wooded.

2. belonging or pertaining to the woods; sylvan.

3. consisting of or containing wood; ligneous.

4. resembling wood, as in appearance, texture, or toughness.

   a woody vegetable.

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woody ² American  

[wood-ee] / ˈwʊd i /

Or woodie

noun

• woodies
  plural

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

2. Slang: Vulgar. an erection of the penis.

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woody ³ American  

[wuhd-ee, woo-dee] / ˈwʌd i, ˈwu di /

noun

• woodies
  plural

1. widdy.

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Woody ⁴ American  

[wood-ee] / ˈwʊd i /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Woodrow.

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woody British  

/ ˈwʊdɪ /

adjective

1. abounding in or covered with forest or woods

2. connected with, belonging to, or situated in a wood

3. consisting of or containing wood or lignin

   woody tissue

   woody stems

4. resembling wood in hardness or texture

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• woodiness
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• woodies
  plural

Adjectives

• woodier
  comparative
• woodiest
  superlative

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Etymology

Origin of woody¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English; see origin at wood ¹, -y ¹

Origin of woody²

First recorded in 1940–45 woody ² for def. 2; in 1960–65 woody ² for def. 1; wood ¹ + -y ²

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Example Sentences

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woody Woody woodies woodier woodiest

They have a woody aroma likened to pine or juniper.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Men get their own Bulgari perfume, a woody scent “inspired by the vibrant energy of the Blood-red Jasper gemstone.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The invigorating brass or woody bass of salsa, son and cha-cha-cha are all but gone.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

They added logs and woody debris to the water to create deep pools and other places for baby fish to hide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

And teosinte, unlike wild wheat and rice, is not a practical food source; its “ears” are scarcely an inch long and consist of seven to twelve hard, woody seeds.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

One can see the TV Guide thumbnails: Woody and Matthew forget to buy Valentine’s Day gifts for their wives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Twiggy tells Lane Florsheim about her low-fuss beauty routine and the 1967 interview with Woody Allen that went viral over 50 years later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

It’s not as if they were short on time; the 2026 telecast ended five minutes early, and only because “Brothers” stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson stalled to reduce the 10-minute gap.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Woody Fincham, a real-estate appraiser in Virginia, agrees that a data center going up right next door to a residential property or a subdivision could have an effect on property values.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Woody looked at Wes and then turned to look at the other guys.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

"They probably are cost-effective, rather than feeding each lizard three or four woodies, which are quite small, you could only give them one."

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Spring-planted woodies need handling with more care, and the earlier you can plant them, the more established they will be before summer.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2021

Signs made of surfboards, woodies parked by the valet stand and large surfing movie posters in the parking garage were considered and rejected, said Linda Berman, executive project director for developer DJM Capital Partners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2014

Still, some parks invest in new woodies, where the suspense doesn’t come from wondering whether the rickety rails will survive the ride.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2013

The woodies and weeds will be held back through early spring mowing and burning, timed to protect the meadow’s cycles of insect and bird life.

From Washington Post

The longer they sit, the tougher and woodier they can become: Like ears of fresh corn, the sooner you can cook okra after picking, the sweeter and plumper it will be.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

But the trees are mostly beaten back with an annual cutting by a Bush Hogmower or in woodier areas a beefier machine called a forestry mulcher.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2018

But the trees are mostly beaten back with an annual cutting by a Bush Hog mower or in woodier areas a beefier machine called a forestry mulcher.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2018

Analysis of the island's plant life and its soil show that it has seen a major shift to bigger, woodier vegetation in the 100 years since the goats started stripping the undergrowth.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2014

Thus the plant clings to other woodier stems and climbs vicariously.

From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard

Snap off the woodiest parts of the asparagus and roughly chop these, setting the stalks aside for the moment.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016

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