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wooded

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwʊdɪd/
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  • Rhymes: -ʊdɪd

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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wooded (comparative more wooded, superlative most wooded)

  1. Covered with trees.
    Synonyms: sylvan, woody, woodsy
    • 1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449:
      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 more sombre, with the terraced, slate-roofed colliery towns and the road, railway and river all struggling for space in the narrowing defiles.
    • 1961 October, 'Voyageur', “The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
      Through the thickly wooded and precipitous slopes on either side of the line there are one or two short rock tunnels.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 260:
      One of the loveliest rivers in Wales, the Teifi, loops and swirls down to Llanybyther through a lush valley hemmed in by range upon range of wooded hills.
  2. (of wine) Aged in wooden casks.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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wooded

  1. simple past and past participle of wood