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deadwood
dead·wood D0054900 (dĕd′wo͝od′)n.1. Dead wood, including fallen or standing trees, branches, and stumps.2. One or more people or things considered as burdensome, superfluous, or serving no useful purpose: Management fired all the deadwood in the department as a cost-saving measure.3. also dead wood Sports Fallen bowling pins that remain on the alley.4. Nautical A timber or set of timbers helping to connect the keel of a vessel to the stem or the sternpost. deadwood (ˈdɛdˌwʊd) n1. (Forestry) dead trees or branches2. informal a useless person; encumbrance3. (Nautical Terms) nautical a filler piece between the keel and the stern of a wooden vesseldead•wood (ˈdɛdˌwʊd)
n. 1. dead branches or trees. 2. useless or extraneous persons or things. 3. a reinforcing construction located between the keel of a ship and the stem or sternpost. 4. bowling pins knocked down but not cleared from the alley. [1720–30] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  deadwood - a branch or a part of a tree that is deadbranch - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant | | 2. |  deadwood - someone or something that is unwanted and unneededfifth wheelredundance, redundancy - the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers" |
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cut the deadwood out1. Literally, to prune the dead parts of a tree, bush, or plant. Your plant might bloom again if you cut the deadwood out.2. To eliminate or remove one who is ineffective and unproductive. Based on these consistently low numbers, it's time to cut the deadwood out of your department.See also: cut, deadwood, outdeadwood1. Literally, the dead parts of a tree, bush, or plant. Your plant might bloom again if you cut the deadwood out.2. Those who are ineffective and unproductive. Based on these consistently low numbers, there's a lot of deadwood in that department.3. In bowling, fallen pins that have yet to be cleared from the lane. It's my turn, as soon as the deadwood gets cleared.cut the deadwood out 1. Lit. to prune away and remove the dead branches from a tree or bush. They cut a lot of the deadwood out to save the tree. You have to cut out the deadwood to make room for new growth. 2. Fig. to remove unproductive persons from employment. This company would be more profitable if management would cut out the deadwood. When we cut the deadwood out, all our departments will run more smoothly.See also: cut, deadwood, outdeadwood n. nonproductive or nonfunctional persons. We’ll have to cut costs by getting rid of the deadwood. Deadwood
Deadwood, city (1990 pop. 1,830), seat of Lawrence co., W S.Dak.; settled 1876 after discovery of gold. A Black Hills tourist center, it is also a trade hub for a lumbering, stock-raising, and mining region. Built in a narrow canyon, with houses climbing the steep sides, Deadwood Gulch (so called because its trees had been killed by fire) boomed and waned with the discovery and abandonment of nearby gold and silver mines. Its history is commemorated in the Adams Memorial Museum and an annual "Days of '76" celebration. The graves of Wild Bill HickokHickok, Wild Bill,
1837–76, American frontier marshal, b. Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Ill. His real name was James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceeding the Civil War, was a driver of the Butterfield stage line, and gained fame as a gunfighter.
..... Click the link for more information. (shot in a saloon here during a card game) and Calamity JaneCalamity Jane
, c.1852–1903, American frontier character, b. Princeton, Mo. Her real name was Martha Jane Canary, and the origin of her nickname is obscure. Little is known of her early life beyond the fact that she moved with her parents to Virginia City, Mont.
..... Click the link for more information. are in Deadwood's "Boot Hill." Gambling casinos, legalized in 1989, now dominate Deadwood's economy.Deadwood the underwater part of a vessel’s tapered bow and stern sections at the places where the keel and the stem and the sternpost join. In the stern deadwood of vessels with one propeller a waterproof metal tube is constructed (deadwood tube) through which the shaft of the propeller is brought outside. The area of the side projection and form of deadwood, especially of stern deadwood, have an influence on the controllability of the vessel. deadwood1. Dead tree limbs or branches. 2. Wood from dead trees.Deadwood
DeadwoodAnything that significantly reduces efficiency in an economy, company, or other organization. For example, if a company hires more employees than it needs so that there is not enough work for them all to do, then the extra employees are deadwood because they cost without adding value. Some social projects may encourage deadwood: for example, a government may deliberately hire too many postal workers to keep down unemployment figures even though the extra personnel may actually reduce the efficiency of the post office. See also: Dead weight loss, Featherbedding.deadwood
Synonyms for deadwoodnoun a branch or a part of a tree that is deadRelated Wordsnoun someone or something that is unwanted and unneededSynonymsRelated Words |