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woody

adj
/ˈwʊdi/

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from woodi

Definitions

  1. Covered in woods

    Covered in woods; wooded.

    • She […] liv'd in a Cottage, far retir'd / Among the Windings of a woody Vale […].

  2. Consisting of wood

    Consisting of wood; resembling wood in appearance or texture.

  3. Belonging to the woods

    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. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. Non-herbaceous.

      • Subshrubs, shrubs, trees and lianas are all woody plants.

    2. Lignified.

      • the woody parts of a plant

    3. Alternative form of woodie.

    4. 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.

    5. An erect penis.

    6. 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.

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Derived

woodily, woodiness, woody breast, Woody Creek, Woody Head, Woody Island, woody nightshade, woody pear

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at woody. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at woody. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at woody

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA