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wood
1[ wood ]
noun
- the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
- the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber.
- the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle:
aged in the wood.
- Music.
- a woodwind instrument.
- the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds.
- Often woods. (used with a singular or plural verb) a large and thick collection of growing trees; a grove or forest:
They picnicked in the woods.
- Golf. a club with a wooden head, as a driver, brassie, spoon, or baffy for hitting long shots. Compare iron ( def 5 ).
adjective
- made of wood; wooden.
- used to store, work, or carry wood:
a wood chisel.
- dwelling or growing in woods:
wood bird.
verb (used with object)
- to cover or plant with trees.
- to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for.
verb (used without object)
- to take in or get supplies of wood (often followed by up ):
to wood up before the approach of winter.
wood
2[ wood ]
adjective
- wild, as with rage or excitement.
- mad; insane.
Wood
3[ wood ]
noun
- Grant, 1892–1942, U.S. painter.
- Leonard, 1860–1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator.
wood
1/ wʊd /
noun
- the hard fibrous substance consisting of xylem tissue that occurs beneath the bark in trees, shrubs, and similar plants ligneousxyloid
- the trunks of trees that have been cut and prepared for use as a building material
- a collection of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc, usually dominated by one or a few species of tree: usually smaller than a forest sylvan
an oak wood
- fuel; firewood
- golf
- a long-shafted club with a broad wooden or metal head, used for driving: numbered from 1 to 7 according to size, angle of face, etc
- ( as modifier )
a wood shot
- tennis squash badminton the frame of a racket
he hit a winning shot off the wood
- one of the biased wooden bowls used in the game of bowls
- casks, barrels, etc, made of wood
- (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
- have the wood on or have got the wood on informal.to have an advantage over
- out of the wood or out of the woodsclear of or safe from dangers or doubts
we're not out of the wood yet
- see the wood for the treesused with a negative to obtain a general view of a situation, problem, etc, without allowing details to cloud one's analysis
he can't see the wood for the trees
- modifier made of, used for, employing, or handling wood
a wood fire
- modifier dwelling in, concerning, or situated in a wood
a wood nymph
verb
- tr to plant a wood upon
- to supply or be supplied with fuel or firewood
Wood
2/ wʊd /
noun
- WoodHenry18141887FBritishWRITING: novelist Mrs Henry , married name of Ellen Price . 1814–87, British novelist, noted esp for the melodramatic novel East Lynne (1861)
- WoodSir Henry (Joseph)18691944MEnglishMUSIC: conductor Sir Henry ( Joseph ). 1869–1944, English conductor, who founded the Promenade Concerts in London
- WoodJohn17071754MBritishARCHITECTURE: architectMISC: town planner John, known as the Elder . 1707–54, British architect and town planner, working mainly in Bath, where he designed the North and South Parades (1728) and the Circus (1754)
- WoodJohn17271782MBritishARCHITECTURE: architect his son, John , known as the Younger . 1727–82, British architect: designed the Royal Crescent (1767–71) and the Assembly Rooms (1769–71), Bath
- WoodRalph17151772MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: potter Ralph. 1715–72, British potter, working in Staffordshire, who made the first toby jug (1762)
wood
3/ wʊd /
adjective
- obsolete.raging or raving like a maniac
Derived Forms
- ˈwoodless, adjective
Other Words From
- wood·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of wood1
Origin of wood2
Word History and Origins
Origin of wood1
Origin of wood2
Idioms and Phrases
- have the wood on, Australian Slang. to have an advantage over or have information that can be used against.
- knock on wood, (used when knocking on something wooden to assure continued good luck): Also especially British, touch wood.
The car's still in good shape, knock on wood.
- out of the woods,
- no longer in precarious health or critical condition; out of danger and recovering.
Synonym Study
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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