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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.
4.
the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood.
5.
EXPANDwoodblock (def. 1).
adjective
10.
used to store, work, or carry wood: a wood chisel.
11.
dwelling or growing in woods: wood bird.
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Wooder
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verb (used with object)
12.
to cover or plant with trees.
verb (used without object)
Idioms14.
to take in or get supplies of wood (often followed by up): to wood up before the approach of winter.
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:
before 900; Middle English; Old English wudu, earlier widu; cognate with Old Norse vithr, Old High German witu, Old Irish fid
before 900; Middle English; Old English wudu, earlier widu; cognate with Old Norse vithr, Old High German witu, Old Irish fid
Related forms
wood·less, adjective
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Word Origin & History
wood
"violently insane" (now obsolete), from O.E. wod "mad, frenzied," from P.Gmc. *woth- (cf. Goth. woþs "possessed, mad," O.H.G. wuot "mad, madness," Ger. wut "rage, fury"), from PIE *wet- "to blow, inspire, spiritually arouse;" source of L. vates "seer, poet," O.Ir. faith "poet;" "with a common
EXPAND element of mental excitement" [Buck]. Cf. O.E. woþ "sound, melody, song," and O.N. oðr "poetry," and the god-name Odin.
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wood  (w d) 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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