Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
- adjective Located in or inhabiting a wood or forest.
- adjective Abounding in trees; wooded.
- noun One that lives in or frequents the woods.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless liquid compound, , produced by the distillation of pine-wood. It boils at 65° C. and quickly turns yellow in air. Also called 2- or a-methyl furfurane.
- noun Native tellurium.
- Of or pertaining to a wood or forest; forest-like; hence, rural; rustic.
- Abounding with woods; woody; shady.
- noun A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also
methyl tetrol , ormethyl furfuran . - adjective Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
- adjective Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
- noun A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pertaining to the
forest , orwoodlands - adjective residing in a
forest orwood - adjective
wooded , or covered in forest - noun One that resides in the
woods .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
- noun a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One fine evening Borrow hired a calash and drove out to Marina Rotze, "a kind of sylvan garden," about one and a half miles out of Moscow, where this particular class of Romanys resorted.
The Life of George Borrow Jenkins, Herbert 1912
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He hurriedly explained to the others that Pocahontas was evidently intending to do them special honour in welcoming them with some kind of sylvan masque.
The Princess Pocahontas Virginia Watson 1904
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The hills which form its shores are so steep, and the woods on them were then so high, that, as you looked down from the west end, it had the appearance of an amphitheatre for some kind of sylvan spectacle.
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The Doctor and I were entranced by the beauty of the scene which induced him to wax forth with sylvan poetry of which he was well versed and capable of reciting with profound eloquence.
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Jeremy – thanks for putting morality and humanity over group think! sylvan
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To complete her woeful errand, initiated participants are asked to help her overcome obstacles. are consciousness expansion technique known as the Song of Sworcery; we may choose to locate contend with cryptozoological phenomena such as the sylvan sprites & enact impossible miracles according to the moods of the moon.
Mike Ragogna: Still Prince's Cinderella: A Conversation with Sheila E., Plus Chats with Manchester Orchestra and Jim Guthrie, and Weerd Science's Audio Exclusive Mike Ragogna 2011
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To complete her woeful errand, initiated participants are asked to help her overcome obstacles. are consciousness expansion technique known as the Song of Sworcery; we may choose to locate contend with cryptozoological phenomena such as the sylvan sprites & enact impossible miracles according to the moods of the moon.
Mike Ragogna: Still Prince's Cinderella: A Conversation with Sheila E., Plus Chats with Manchester Orchestra and Jim Guthrie, and Weerd Science's Audio Exclusive Mike Ragogna 2011
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Box of Stones and Stole You Away pick up seafaring themes, Snowship conjures a Faustian dilemma and Butterfly Culture hides sexual tension and religious questioning behind sylvan fantasia.
Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm – review 2011
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Many of the rooms overlook a rare sylvan area of Beijing, the Sanlitun diplomatic compound, which, with its low-rise buildings and high-rise trees, gives the impression of a mini Central Park.
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Among eastern and northern woodland Indians, floral designs copied from the natural sylvan surroundings prevailed.
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