wooded

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/ˈwʊdɪd/

adjective

Covered with trees.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

wooded1

adjectivewooded (comparative more wooded, superlative most wooded)

comparative more wooded · superlative most wooded

  1. Covered with trees.

    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 more examples

    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.

    1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449

    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.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 260

    Synonyms: sylvan, woody, woodsy, timbered

wooded2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of wood

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCovered with trees.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecovered with growing trees and bushes etc

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

wooded · adjective

  1. Middle Englishwoded“concealed by trees”
  2. Englishwooded

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

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wooded · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Translations

Bulgarian горист, залесен
  • горист (gorist)covered with trees
  • залесен (zalesen)covered with trees
Catalan boscós
  • boscóscovered with trees
Danish skovklædt
  • skovklædtcovered with trees
Dutch bebost, bosrijk
  • bebostcovered with trees
  • bosrijkcovered with trees
  • boomrijkcovered with trees
Finnish metsäinen
  • metsäinencovered with trees
French boisé
  • boisécovered with trees
German bewaldet, baumreich
  • bewaldetcovered with trees
  • baumreichcovered with trees
Greek δασώδης
  • δασώδης (dasódis)covered with trees
Hungarian erdős
  • erdőscovered with trees
Irish coillteach
  • coillteachcovered with trees
Italian boscoso, boschivo
  • boscosocovered with trees
  • boschivocovered with trees
  • boscatocovered with trees
  • selvosocovered with trees
Latin silvōsus, arbustus
  • silvōsuscovered with trees
  • arbustuscovered with trees
Norwegian Bokmål skogkledd, skogdekt
  • skogkleddcovered with trees
  • skogdektcovered with trees
Polish lesisty, zalesiony
  • lesistycovered with trees
  • zalesionycovered with trees
  • dojrzewający w drewnianych beczkachaged in wooden casks
Portuguese arborizado
  • arborizadocovered with trees
Romanian împădurit
  • împăduritcovered with trees
Spanish boscoso, arborizado
  • boscosocovered with trees
  • arborizadocovered with trees
  • arboladocovered with trees
  • selvosocovered with trees
  • enselvadocovered with trees
Swedish skogbevuxen, skogklätt
  • skogbevuxencovered with trees
  • skogklättcovered with trees
  • skogrikcovered with trees
  • skogligcovered with trees
  • skogigcovered with trees
  • trädbevuxencovered with trees
  • trädrikcovered with trees
Turkish ormanlık, ağaçlık
  • ormanlıkcovered with trees
  • ağaçlıkcovered with trees
  • ağaçlıcovered with trees
Welsh coediog
  • coediogcovered with trees
Cite this entry
APA

wooded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wooded

MLA

“wooded.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wooded. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wooded,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wooded.

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