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1  [wood]
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–noun
1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes; timber or lumber.
3. firewood.
4. the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood.
5. wood block (def. 1).
6. Music.
a. a woodwind instrument.
b. the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds.
7. 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.
8. Golf. a club with a wooden head, as a driver, brassie, spoon, or baffy for hitting long shots. Compare iron (def. 5).
–adjective
9. made of wood; wooden.
10. used to store, work, or carry wood: a wood chisel.
11. dwelling or growing in woods: wood bird.
–verb (used with object)
12. to cover or plant with trees.
13. to supply with wood; get supplies of wood for.
–verb (used without object)
14. to take in or get supplies of wood (often fol. by up): to wood up before the approach of winter.
—Idioms
15. have the wood on, Australian Slang. to have an advantage over or have information that can be used against.
16. knock on wood, (used when knocking on something wooden to assure continued good luck): The car's still in good shape, knock on wood. Also, especially British, touch wood.
17. out of the woods,
a. out of a dangerous, perplexing, or difficult situation; secure; safe.
b. no longer in precarious health or critical condition; out of danger and recovering.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE wudu, earlier widu; c. ON vithr, OHG witu, OIr fid

Related forms:
woodless, adjective

Synonyms:
7. See forest.
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wood 1   (wŏŏd)   
n.  

    1. The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin.

    2. This tissue, often cut and dried especially for use as building material and fuel.

    3. A dense growth of trees or underbrush covering a relatively small or confined area. Often used in the plural.

    4. A forest. Often used in the plural.

    5. Music A woodwind.

    6. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots, having a bulbous head made chiefly of wood, metal, or graphite, and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft.

    1. A dense growth of trees or underbrush covering a relatively small or confined area. Often used in the plural.

    2. A forest. Often used in the plural.

    3. Music A woodwind.

    4. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots, having a bulbous head made chiefly of wood, metal, or graphite, and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft.

  3. An object made of wood, especially:

    1. Music A woodwind.

    2. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots, having a bulbous head made chiefly of wood, metal, or graphite, and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft.

v.   wood·ed, wood·ing, woods

v.   tr.

  1. To fuel with wood.

  2. To cover with trees; forest.

v.   intr.
To gather or be supplied with wood.
adj.  

  1. Made or consisting of wood; wooden.

  2. Used or suitable for cutting, storing, or working with wood.

  3. woods Living, growing, or present in forests: woods animals; a woods path.


[Middle English wode, from Old English wudu.]
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wood   (wd)  Pronunciation Key 
The thick xylem of trees and shrubs, resulting from secondary growth by the vascular cambium, which produces new layers of living xylem. The accumulated living xylem is the sapwood. The older, dead xylem in the interior of the tree forms the heartwood. Often each cycle of growth of new wood is evident as a growth ring. The main components of wood are cellulose and lignin.

woody adjective
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Idioms & Phrases

out of the woods

Out of difficulties, danger or trouble, as in We're through the worst of the recessionwe're out of the woods now, or That pneumonia was serious, but Charles is finally out of the woods. This expression, alluding to having been lost in a forest, dates from Roman times; it was first recorded in English in 1792. The British usage is out of the wood.

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