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Woods

  [woodz]
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–noun
1. Eldrick [el-drik] , (“Tiger”), born 1975, U.S. professional golfer.
2. Lake of the. Lake of the Woods.
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1  [wood]
–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.

Wood

  [wood]
–noun
1. Grant, 1892–1942, U.S. painter.
2. Leonard, 1860–1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator.
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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.]
Woods   (wŏŏdz)   
American golfer who became the first player to win three consecutive U.S. Amateur titles (1994-1996) and the youngest to win the Masters (1997).
Woods, Lake of the  
A lake of southwest Ontario and southeast Manitoba, Canada, and northern Minnesota. It is a popular fishing and resort area.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
peckerwood

and wood
  1. 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.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

wood  (n.)
O.E. wudu, earlier widu "tree, trees collectively, the substance of which trees are made," from P.Gmc. *widuz (cf. O.N. viðr, Dan., Swed. ved "tree, wood," O.H.G. witu "wood"), perhaps from PIE *widhu- "tree, wood" (cf. Welsh gwydd "trees," Gael. fiodh- "wood, timber," O.Ir. fid "tree, wood"). Wooden in the fig. sense of "expressionless and dull" is from 1566. Woodcut first recorded 1662; woodlouse is from 1611, so called from being found in old wood. Woodsy is from 1860; woodwind is first recorded 1876. Woodshed is attested from 1844. Woodwork "article made of wood" is first recorded 1650. Out of the woods "safe" is from 1792.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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