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woods

[woodz]

Origin

noun

Eldrick [el-drik] , (“Tiger”), born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.

Lake of the. Lake of the Woods.

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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.

firewood.

the cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle: aged in the wood.

woodblock (def. 1).

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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).

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adjective

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 followed 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,

out of a dangerous, perplexing, or difficult situation; secure; safe.

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

Related forms

wood·less, adjective

Synonyms
7. See forest.

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World English Dictionary

woods (wʊdz)

—*pl n*
1.	closely packed trees forming a forest or wood, esp a specific one
2.	another word for backwoods
3.	See also wood the woodwind instruments in an orchestra
4.	informal neck of the woods an area or locality: a quiet neck of the woods

Woods¹

—n
	Lake of the Woods See Lake of the Woods

Woods² (wʊdz)

—n
	Tiger, real name Eldrick Woods. born 1975, US golfer: youngest US Masters champion and first Black golfer to win a major championship; winner of the US Masters (1997, 2001--02, 2005), US Open (2000, 2002), British Open Championship (2000, 2005--06), and the PGA Championship (1999, 2000, 2006-07); in 2001 he became the only player to hold all four major titles at once

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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

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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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American Heritage

Science Dictionary

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

Slang Dictionary

peckerwood definition

and wood

n.
a poor white person. (Very old southern term for a woodpecker.) : What's that peckerwood want in this hood?

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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"It appears that I saw about a dozen plants which had accompanied man as far into the woods as Chesuncook, and had naturalized themselves there, in 1853. Plants begin thus early to spring by the side of a logging-path,—a mere vista through the woods, which can only be used in the winter, on account of the stumps and fallen trees,—which are at length are the roadside plants in old settlements. The pioneers of such are planted in part by the first cattle, which cannot be summered in the woods."

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