Woods vs Wooes - What's the difference?
woods | wooes |
(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).
(dated) (woo)
* Byron
To endeavor to gain someone's support.
(often of a man) To try to persuade someone to marry oneself; to solicit in love.
* Prior
To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
* Milton
* Bryant
(slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
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)Usage notes
In English, one does not say "I was lost in the wood''',"'' but rather ''"I was lost in the '''woods ."Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* out of the woods * woodsmanwooes
English
Verb
(head)- Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face.
woo
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) wowen, .Alternative forms
* wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)Verb
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
- Thee, chantress, oft the woods among / I woo , to hear thy even song.
- I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
Synonyms
* courtDerived terms
* woo backEtymology 2
Interjection
(en interjection)- "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo , that's great!"
