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woods

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /w?dz/
  • Rhymes: -?dz

Noun

woods

  1. plural of wood

Noun

woods pl

  1. (usually in the plural, sometimes in the singular) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest.
    These woods are near a field.
    This woods is near a field. (uncommon)
    • 1923, Robert Frost, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening:
  2. (military, attributive) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

Usage notes

  • Woods more often takes a plural verb (determiner, etc, as in these woods are) than a singular verb (as in this woods is).
  • In English, one does not say "I was lost in the wood," but rather "I was lost in the woods."

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:forest

Derived terms

  • Lake of the Woods
  • out of the woods
  • woodsman

Translations

Verb

woods

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wood

References

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hoods

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /h?dz/

Noun

hoods

  1. plural of hood

Verb

hoods

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hood

Anagrams

  • Hodos, doosh, shood

Manx

Etymology

hood +? -s

Pronoun

hoods

  1. second-person singular of hug
    with you (informal, emphatic)

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