woods

1. 1
   noun

   A small area of land covered with many trees, smaller than a forest.

   Like a forest, but smaller: a little patch of trees you could walk across.

   We went for a long walk in the woods behind our house.

   The children built a little fort in the woods near the lake.

   Similarforest, woodland

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2. 2
   noun

   Plural of wood. Use this form when you mean more than one kind or piece of wood.

   Oak and pine are two common woods used for furniture.

   Different woods burn at different speeds in the fireplace.

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3. 3
   verb

   The form of wood used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

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4. 4
   nounbefore a noun

   Areas thick with leafy trees, used in army planning for how gases or chemicals spread.

   Like smoke staying trapped under a thick umbrella of leaves instead of blowing away.

   Soldiers were warned that agents settle and linger in the woods longer than on open ground.

   The patrol avoided the woods, where any gas would hang among the leaves.

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