wooded

Definition

Covered with trees.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Through the thickly wooded and precipitous slopes on either side of the line there are one or two short rock tunnels."
• "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."

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