woods
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,221 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,905 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area also: forest, wood
woods in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Mr. Robert walks up from the woods.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Tom, of course, made for the woods.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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She had written him soon after--an invitation for a week-end at her mother's camp in the woods.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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They had marched thirty-six miles without rest, along bad roads and through woods, and were unable to go farther.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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But there stood great woods on the slopes beyond--old, tall, and brilliant, like unfaded tapestries against the walls of a ruined house.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1