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woody¹

  • /ˈwʊdi/

Sounds like woodie · Rhymes with -ʊdi

Where it comes from

From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.

adjective woodier · woodiest

  1. Covered in woods; wooded. She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].

    Similar: sylvan, woodsy

  2. Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
  3. obsolete Belonging to the woods; sylvan. with the wooddie Nymphes when she did play, / Or when the flying Libbard she did chace, / She could them nimbly moue, and after fly apace.
  4. Non-herbaceous. Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
  5. Lignified. the woody parts of a plant

woody²

  • /ˈwʊdi/

Sounds like woodie · Rhymes with -ʊdi

noun woodies

  1. alternative Alternative form of woodie
  2. slang A compact wooden climbing wall used for board climbing. And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016.
  3. slang, vulgar An erect penis.

Woody³

  • /ˈwʊdi/

Sounds like woody, woodie · Rhymes with -ʊdi

Where it comes from

Clipping of Woodrow + -y.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Woodrow. Woody Allen has provided what is probably the best theological answer to the problem of evil: God is not evil; He is just an underachiever.
  2. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: woodsy, wooded, arboraceous, arboreous, wood, ligneous, suffrutescent, oaken, ashen, birchen, beechen, aspen, cedarn, birken, birch, bamboo

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adj covered in woods

Españolboscoso
Françaisboisé
Deutschbewaldet, waldig
Italianoboscoso

adj non-herbaceous

Españolleñoso
Portuguêslenhoso
Françaisligneux
Deutschholzig

adj lignified

Portuguêslenhoso
Deutschverholzt

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@misc{woody_2026,
  title = {woody},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/woody},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}