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wood¹
- /wʊd/ Australia, US, UK
- /wɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
- /wʉd/ Northern Ireland, Scotland
- /(ʋ)ʊɖ/ South Asia
Sounds like would · Rhymes with -ʊd
Where it comes from
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”). The spelling developed as it did in wool.
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese and Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Old Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).
noun woods
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The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
This table is made of wood.
Similar: timber
- The wood from a particular species of tree. Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
- A forested or wooded area. A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
- Firewood. We need more wood for the fire.
- A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
- A woodwind instrument.
- An erection of the penis. That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
- Chess pieces. […] White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.
verb woods · wooding · wooded
- To cover or plant with trees. Their be ii good bellys, a chales, and a few veſtments of litil valure, the ſtuff beſide is not worth xl s. lead ther ys non except in ii gutters the which the p’or hath convey’d in to ye town, but that is ſuar yt is metely wodey’d in hege rowys.
- To hide behind trees. Immediatly, the other boate lying ready with their shot to skoure the place for our hand weapons to lande upon, which was presently done, although the land was very high and steepe, the Savages forthwith quitted the shoare, and betooke themselves to flight: wee landed, and having faire and easily fo
- To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for. to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
- To take or get a supply of wood. In this little Iſle of Mevis, more than twenty Years ago, I have remained a great time together, to Wood and Water and refreſh my Men […]
wood²
Where it comes from
From Middle English wood, from Old English wōd (“mad, insane”). See the full etymology at wode.
adjective wooder · woodest · wode
- Mad, insane, crazed. And then he flue on hir as he were wood, / And on hir breeche did hack and foyne a-good.
wood³
Where it comes from
Back-formation from peckerwood.
noun woods
- A peckerwood. He further stated that "I can't remember ever seeing a wood [white inmate] assault a nigger without being provoked".
Wood⁴
- /wʊd/
Sounds like wood · Rhymes with -ʊd
proper noun Woods
- An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.
- A surname originating as an occupation for a woodsman.
- A township in Clark County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Missouri.
- An inactive township in Wright County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Fulton County and Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in Mellette County, South Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
- A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
- A hamlet in Ashill parish, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3117).
- A hamlet in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8522).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: forest, woody, wooden, woodwind instrument, woodwind, forestry, timber, copse, woodland, log, bush, vegetable, tree, heartwood, cup, softwood
Translations
Every language
noun firewood — see also firewood
| Español | leña |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 땔나무 ttaellamu |
| Português | lenha |
| Français | bois de chauffage |
| Deutsch | Holz |
| Italiano | legna |
| Ελληνικά | ξύλα xýla |
| Русский | дрова́ drová |
noun substance
| Español | madera, fuste, leñame, palo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 나무 namu, 목재 mokjae |
| 日本語 | 木 ki, 木材 mokuzai |
| 中文 | 木 mù, 木材 mùcái, 木頭 /木头 mùtou, 木料 mùliào |
| हिन्दी | लकड़ी lakṛī, काठ kāṭh, काष्ठ kāṣṭh |
| Kiswahili | mbao |
| Português | madeira |
| Français | bois |
| Deutsch | Holz |
| Italiano | legno |
| Ελληνικά | ξύλο xýlo, ξυλεία xyleía |
| Română | lemn |
| Русский | де́рево dérevo, древеси́на drevesína, лес les, лесоматериа́л lesomateriál |
| Tiếng Việt | gỗ |
| العربية | خَشَب ḵašab |
| עברית | עֵץ ‘ets, קֶרֶשׁ keresh |
noun wood from a particular species
| Español | madera |
|---|---|
| Português | madeira |
| Français | bois |
| Deutsch | Holz, Holzart |
| Italiano | legname |
| Русский | де́рево dérevo, древеси́на drevesína |
noun woodland
| Español | bosque |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 숲 sup, 수풀 supul |
| Português | bosque |
| Français | bois |
| Deutsch | Waldland, Waldung |
| Italiano | bosco |
| Ελληνικά | δάσος dásos |
| Română | pădure, codru, teren păduros |
| Русский | лес les |
noun type of golf club
| Deutsch | Holz |
|---|
noun music: woodwind instrument
| Italiano | legni |
|---|
verb to cover or plant with trees
| Español | forestar |
|---|---|
| Português | florestar |
| Deutsch | aufforsten |
| Italiano | rimboschire |
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