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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wood1 /wʊd/USA pronunciation n. - Botanythe hard, fiberlike substance that makes up most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub beneath the bark: [uncountable]fine, hard wood.[countable]different hard woods.
- [uncountable] timber or lumber.
- [uncountable] firewood.
- Often, woods. [plural] a thick growth of trees;
forest:[countable]a wood in the valley. - Sport[countable] any of a set of four golf clubs that originally had wooden heads.
adj. [before a noun] - made of wood;
wooden. - used to store, work with, or carry wood.
- dwelling or growing in woods.
Idioms- Idioms out of the woods, no longer in a dangerous, critical, or difficult situation or condition;
safe:The country is not out of the woods yet; a worse crisis awaits us.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wood1 (wŏŏd),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Winethe cask, barrel, or keg, as distinguished from the bottle:aged in the wood.
- Fine ArtSee wood block (def. 1).
- Music and Dance
- a woodwind instrument.
- the section of a band or orchestra composed of woodwinds.
- Often, woods. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a large and thick collection of growing trees;
a grove or forest:They picnicked in the woods. - Sport[Golf.]a club with a wooden head, as a driver, brassie, spoon, or baffy for hitting long shots. Cf. iron (def. 5).
- British Terms have the wood on, [Australian Slang.]to have an advantage over or have information that can be used against.
- Idioms 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, esp. Brit., touch wood.
- 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.
adj. - made of wood;
wooden. - used to store, work, or carry wood:a wood chisel.
- dwelling or growing in woods:wood bird.
v.t. - to cover or plant with trees.
- to supply with wood;
get supplies of wood for. v.i. - to take in or get supplies of wood (often fol. by up):to wood up before the approach of winter.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English wudu, earlier widu; cognate with Old Norse vithr, Old High German witu, Old Irish fid
wood′less, adj. - 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See forest.
wood2 (wŏŏd),USA pronunciation adj. [Archaic.]- wild, as with rage or excitement.
- mad;
insane.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English wōd; cognate with Old Norse ōthr; akin to German Wut rage, Old English wōth song
Wood (wŏŏd),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Grant, 1892–1942, U.S. painter.
- Biographical Leonard, 1860–1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: wood /wʊd/ n - the hard fibrous substance consisting of xylem tissue that occurs beneath the bark in trees, shrubs, and similar plants
- the trunks of trees that have been cut and prepared for use as a building material
- a collection of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc, usually dominated by one or a few species of tree: usually smaller than a forest: an oak wood
Related adjective(s): sylvan - fuel; firewood
- a long-shafted club with a broad wooden or metal head, used for driving: numbered from 1 to 7 according to size, angle of face, etc
- (as modifier): a wood shot
- the frame of a racket: he hit a winning shot off the wood
- one of the biased wooden bowls used in the game of bowls
short for woodwind See also woods- out of the wood, out of the woods ⇒ clear of or safe from dangers or doubts: we're not out of the wood yet
- see the wood for the trees ⇒ (used with a negative) to obtain a general view of a situation, problem, etc, without allowing details to cloud one's analysis: he can't see the wood for the trees
- (modifier) made of, used for, employing, or handling wood: a wood fire
- (modifier) dwelling in, concerning, or situated in a wood: a wood nymph
vb - (transitive) to plant a wood upon
- to supply or be supplied with fuel or firewood
See also woodsEtymology: Old English widu, wudu; related to Old High German witu, Old Norse vithr Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Wood /wʊd/ n - Mrs Henry, married name of Ellen Price. 1814–87, British novelist, noted esp for the melodramatic novel East Lynne (1861)
- Sir Henry (Joseph). 1869–1944, English conductor, who founded the Promenade Concerts in London
- John, known as the Elder. 1707–54, British architect and town planner, working mainly in Bath, where he designed the North and South Parades (1728) and the Circus (1754)
- his son, John, known as the Younger. 1727–82, British architect: designed the Royal Crescent (1767–71) and the Assembly Rooms (1769–71), Bath
- Ralph. 1715–72, British potter, working in Staffordshire, who made the first toby jug (1762)
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