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wooded

/ˈwʊdɪd/

wooded adjective: covered with trees. Also the simple past and past participle of wood.

wooded: A serene forest path under a canopy of green trees
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Adjective

wooded (comparative more wooded, superlative most wooded)

  1. Covered with trees.
    • All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes...1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449
    • Through the thickly wooded and precipitous slopes on either side of the line there are one or two short rock tunnels.1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601
  2. Aged in wooden casks.

Also used as

wooded is also the simple past and past participle of wood.

Examples of wooded in a sentence

  • East of Nanjing lies Zijinshan, a wooded hill hosting a collection of historical sights.
  • Wagstaff strolled with me along the wooded arm of land shouldering northwards from Bethlehem Bay.
  • Visitors can stroll down to the beach along wooded paths beside streams known as "douits."

All 27 example sentences with wooded

Synonyms of wooded

Forms of wooded

comparativemore wooded
superlativemost wooded

Origin of wooded

From Middle English woded (“concealed by trees”), equivalent to wood + -ed.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from wooded

Questions about wooded

What does wooded mean?
Wooded means covered with trees.
What part of speech is wooded?
Wooded is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wooded?
Wooded is pronounced /ˈwʊdɪd/.

Words near wooded in the dictionary

  1. Wooddell
  2. Wooddells
  3. woode
  4. woodear
  5. woodears
  6. wooded
  7. woodedly
  8. woodedness
  9. woodelf
  10. Woodell
  11. Woodells

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