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wood (wo̵od)

noun

  1. a thick growth of trees; forest or grove
  2. the hard, fibrous substance beneath the bark in the stems and branches of trees and shrubs; xylem
  3. trees cut and prepared for use in making things; lumber or timber
  4. firewood
  5. something made of wood; specif.,
    1. a cask or other wooden container for alcoholic liquor whiskey aged in wood
    2. woodwind instruments, collectively
  6. Golf any of a set of numbered clubs, originally with wooden heads, having various lofts: the number 1 wood is usually called a driver (); the number 2 wood, number 3 wood, and number 4 wood are used for long, medium, and short fairway shots, respectively

Etymology: ME wode < OE wudu, earlier widu, akin to OHG wito < IE base *widhu-, tree > OIr fid, Welsh gwŷdd, tree, forest

adjective

  1. made of wood; wooden
  2. for cutting, shaping, or holding wood
  3. growing or living in woods

transitive verb

  1. to plant or cover thickly with trees
  2. to furnish with wood, esp. for fuel

intransitive verb

to get or take on a supply of wood
wood Idioms

out of the woods

☆
Informal out of difficulty, danger, etc.
wood2 definition

wood (wo̵̅o̅d, wōd, wo̵od)

adjective

  1. out of one's mind; insane
  2. violently angry; enraged

Etymology: ME < OE wod, akin to Ger wut, rage: see Woden

Wood definition

Wood (wo̵od)

  1. Wood, Grant 1892-1942; U.S. painter
  2. Wood, Leonard 1860-1927; U.S. general & political administrator

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wood Synonyms

wood

modif.

  1. Wooden

    woodlike, made of wood, hard; see wooden 2.

  2. Associated with the woods

    in the woods, wooded, woody, wood-dwelling, sylvan, woodsy, wild, shady, copselike, grovelike, arboreal, bowery, wild-grown.


wood

n.

  1. A forest; often plural

    grove, woodland, copse; see forest, timber 1.

  2. The portion of trees within the bark

    log, timber, lumber, sapwood, heartwood.

    Varieties of wood include: oak, chestnut, mahogany, teak, sugar maple, red maple, cherry, cedar, hornbeam, walnut, hickory, butternut, pecan, hemlock, spruce, bass wood, linden, beech, birch, poplar, tamarack, white pine, yellow pine, gumwood, elm, cocobolo, cypress, redwood, fir, Douglas fir, ash, red oak, live oak, white oak, willow, cottonwood, sandalwood, rosewood, lignum vitae, ebony, bamboo.

out of the woods*

out of danger, better, no longer in trouble; see safe 1, saved 1, 2.


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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

wood Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rot: The main room had two chairs made of nearly rotting wood, and a dirty kitchen.

Adjective modifier

  • dead: The common people found their rights to hunt game or collect dead wood on common land, became criminal offenses.

Modifies a noun

  • stove: The wood burning stove will be kept in situ.

Noun used with modifier

  • beech: The drawers are finished with beading around the edges and solid beech wood handles.
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wood quotes

Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweth sed, and bleweth med, And springth the wude nu. See also Pound 664:27.

-Anonymous

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

-Bible (Old Testament)

But two miles more and then we rest! Well, there is still an hour of day, And long the brightness of the west Sit then, awhile, here in this wood So total is the solitude, We safely may delay.

-Bronte«  , Charlotte

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