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Woods vs Wooes - What's the difference?

woods | wooes |

As verbs the difference between woods and wooes

is that woods is third-person singular of wood while wooes is third-person singular of woo.

As a noun woods

is plural of lang=en.

As a proper noun Woods

is an English topographic surname, variant of Wood.

woods

English

Noun

(head)
  • (uncountable) A dense collection of trees covering a relatively small area; smaller than a forest.
  • (Military) For chemical behavior purposes, trees in full leaf (coniferous or medium-dense deciduous forests).

    • Usage notes

    In English, one does not say "I was lost in the wood''',"'' but rather ''"I was lost in the '''woods ."

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * out of the woods * woodsman

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wood)
    • English pluralia tantum

    wooes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dated) (woo)
  • * Byron
    • Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face.

    woo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wowen, .

    Alternative forms

    * wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)

    Verb

  • To endeavor to gain someone's support.
  • (often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love.
  • * Prior
    • Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
  • To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
  • * Milton
    • Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo , to hear thy even song.
  • * Bryant
    • I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
    Synonyms
    * court
    Derived terms
    * woo back

    Etymology 2

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
    • "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
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