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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

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

Example Sentences

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woody Woody woodies woodier woodiest

Lignin is a strong, woody material that forms part of plant cell walls.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 29, 2026

The Stockholm facility, operated by energy provider Stockholm Exergi, will take carbon-laden agricultural and woody residues and produce energy for heating and electricity, in a process known as BECCS—bio energy with carbon capture and storage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Head to higher elevations above 2,000 feet where there is more moisture to see slopes brightened with desert lily, sand verbena and flowering Orcutt’s woody aster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

In woody surroundings south of the French capital, Paris-Saclay University's campus provides a fertile training ground for future artificial intelligence experts, whose skills are coveted at home and abroad.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

They were dotted with woody fungi, as big as dinner plates, and parasitic orchids.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Woody Ye, partner at Junsheng Consulting, told AFP that part of the reason for Manus's fallout was its failure to properly handle its legal issues.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

“When I pull up in the Roadmaster, I am the only one out of probably 75 cars in a Woody Wagon,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

Property records show that the rocker and his wife, Aimee Oates, held on to the residence, known as Little Woody Creek Ranch, for eight more years.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

After more than three decades, Jessie, Buzz Lightyear and Woody are still moneymakers for Walt Disney Co., as “Toy Story 5” ticket sales and merchandise helped power the company’s fiscal third quarter earnings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The woman asked Kathie how Woody was doing and whether Woody still worked at Kodak.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

"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

Amateur racers, pimped-out coupes, woodies and ragtops, sedate sedans and souped-up hot rods, all shared the brand-new, wide-open freeways and boulevards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Instead, he only makes the panels, and only for the popular 1949 to 1951 Ford woodies.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2019

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

“You could hear what you’re doing. It’s not scary to make soft attacks anymore. It’s not a bright, brittle sound anymore. It’s just a warmer, woodier sound instead of being bright and ugly.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2022

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 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