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inwood

inwood verb: to hide in the woods.

Verb

inwood (third-person singular simple present inwoods, present participle inwooding, simple past and past participle inwooded)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To hide in the woods.
    • One of the company knew a respectable young couple inwooded far enough from the ravine to make it improbable that the unwelcome spirit should take a stroll that way; and he proposed that they should forthwith proceed thither.1844, The Columbian Magazine, volumes 1-2, page 232

Forms of inwood

third-person singular presentinwoods
present participleinwooding
past participleinwooded
pastinwooded

Origin of inwood

From in- + wood.

Questions about inwood

What does inwood mean?
Inwood means to hide in the woods.
What part of speech is inwood?
Inwood is a verb.
What is the past tense of inwood?
The past tense of inwood is inwooded.

Words near inwood in the dictionary

  1. inwombed
  2. inwombing
  3. inwombs
  4. inwone
  5. inwones
  6. inwood
  7. inwoods
  8. inwork
  9. inworked
  10. inworking
  11. inworkings

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