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adjective
Date: 1538
1. made or consisting of wood
2. lacking ease or flexibility ; awkwardly stiff <a wooden speech> <a wooden performer> • woodenly adverb • woodenness noun
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Wooden — Wood en, a. 1. Made or consisting of wood; pertaining to, or resembling, wood; as, a wooden box; a wooden leg; a wooden wedding. [1913 Webster] 2. Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless. [1913 Webster] When a bold man is out of countenance … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wooden — [adj1] made of timber board, clapboard, frame, ligneous, log, peg, plant, slab, timber, timbered, woody; concept 485 wooden [adj2] stiff, inflexible awkward, bumbling, clumsy, gauche, gawky, graceless, heavy, heavy handed, inelegant, inept,… … New thesaurus
wooden — index rigid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wooden — 1530s, from WOOD (Cf. wood) (n.) + EN (Cf. en) (2). Figurative use by 1560s. Related: Woodenly; woodenness … Etymology dictionary
wooden — *stiff, rigid, inflexible, tense, stark Analogous words: *firm, hard, solid: *heavy, weighty, ponderous: clumsy, *awkward Contrasted words: pliant, pliable, *plastic: *supple, limber … New Dictionary of Synonyms
wooden — ► ADJECTIVE 1) made of wood. 2) resembling or characteristic of wood. 3) stiff and awkward. DERIVATIVES woodenly adverb woodenness noun … English terms dictionary
wooden — [wood′ n] adj. 1. made of or consisting of wood 2. stiff, lifeless, expressionless, etc., as if made of wood 3. dull; insensitive woodenly adv. woodenness n … English World dictionary
Wooden — John Wooden John Robert Wooden (* 14. Oktober 1910 in Martinsville, Indiana) ist ein ehemaliger US amerikanischer Basketballspieler und trainer. Als Headcoach der UCLA Basketballmannschaft gewann er zehn NCAA Meisterschaften. Er wurde als Spieler … Deutsch Wikipedia
wooden — adj. 1 made of wood. 2 like wood. 3 a stiff, clumsy, or stilted; without animation or flexibility (wooden movements; a wooden performance). b expressionless (a wooden stare). Phrases and idioms: wooden head colloq. a stupid person. wooden headed… … Useful english dictionary
Wooden — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Astronomie (17241) Wooden, astéroïde. Patronyme Wooden est un nom de famille notamment porté par : Earl Wooden, décorateur américain ; John… … Wikipédia en Français
wooden — wood|en [ wudn ] adjective *** 1. ) usually before noun made of wood: a wooden box/floor/chair 2. ) an actor who is wooden does not express enough emotion in their performance: his wooden delivery of the lines a ) a dancer who is wooden moves in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
