woody
/ˈwʊdi/
woody adjective: covered in woods; wooded. Also the alternative form of woodie.
Adjective
woody (comparative woodier, superlative woodiest)
- Covered in woods; wooded.
- She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
- Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.
- 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.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Non-herbaceous.
- Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.
- Lignified.
- the woody parts of a plant
Noun
woody (plural woodies)
- 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 2016.2022 January 13, Sam Anderson, “Decoy Board Jockeys Into Moon Board, Kilter Board Climbing Market”, in GearJunkie
- An erect penis.
Proper noun capitalized: Woody
Woody
- 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.1990 September 23, Wendy Doniger, “Why the Body Is Disgusting”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2022
- A surname.
Also used as
woody is also the alternative form of woodie.
woody meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
woody in Hindi
- वुडी, वूडी
woody in Tamil
- வூடி, வுடி
woody in Marathi
- वुडी, वूडी
woody in Urdu
- ووڈی
More languagesFewer languages
- woody in Bengali
- উডি
- woody in Telugu
- వుడీ
- woody in Malayalam
- വുഡി, വൂഡി
- woody in Kannada
- ವುಡಿ, ವೂಡಿ
- woody in Punjabi
- ਵੁੱਡੀ
- woody in Gujarati
- વુડી, વૂડી, લાકડાંવાળું
- woody in Nepali
- वुडी
Examples of woody in a sentence
- The banana tree is a tall perennial herb: its trunk is not woody.
- Australia has always been prone to bush fires due to its woody landscape.
- Tannins are related to lignosity, and thus are found mainly in woody plants.
Synonyms of woody
Forms of woody
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | woodier |
| superlative | woodiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | woodies |
Origin of woody
From Middle English woodi, wody, wodi, equivalent to wood + -y.
From wood + -y (diminutive suffix).
Clipping of Woodrow + -y.
Words formed from woody
Phrases with woody
Words that rhyme with woody
Questions about woody
- What does woody mean?
- Woody means covered in woods; wooded.
- What is woody in Hindi?
- Woody in Hindi is वुडी, वूडी. See Woody meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is woody?
- Woody can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce woody?
- Woody is pronounced /ˈwʊdi/.
Words near woody in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: woody (page history and authors); Woody (page history and authors); woody (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woody (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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