wood

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *widʰu-. Cognate with Old High German witu, Old Norse viðr (Danish and Swedish ved).

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Noun [edit]

wood (countable and uncountable; plural woods)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
    There was lots of wood on the beach.
  2. (countable) The wood of 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.
  3. (countable) A forested or wooded area.
    • Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him. —Wm. Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Macbeth
    He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
  4. Firewood.
    We need more wood for the fire.
  5. (countable) (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  6. (music) A woodwind instrument.
  7. (uncountable, slang) An erection.
    That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
Usage notes [edit]

In the sense of "a forested area", the singular generally refers to a discrete area of forest, while the plural is often used when a more vaguely defined area is meant.

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Terms derived from wood (noun)
Translations [edit]
substance
wood from a particular species
woodland
firewood
type of golf club
music: woodwind instrument
slang: an erection
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Adjective [edit]

wood (not comparable)

  1. Made of wood.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
made of wood

Verb [edit]

wood (third-person singular simple present woods, present participle wooding, simple past and past participle wooded)

  1. (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
  2. (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
    to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
  3. To take or get a supply of wood.
Translations [edit]
to cover or plant with trees

Etymology 2 [edit]

Middle English, from Old English wōd. See the full etymology at wode.

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Adjective [edit]

wood (comparative wooder, superlative woodest)

  1. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 3 [edit]

Back-formation from peckerwood.

Noun [edit]

wood (plural woods)

  1. (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person) A peckerwood.
    • 1991, Mary E. Pelz, James W. Marquart and Terry Pelz, "Right-Wing Extremism in the Texas Prisons: The Rise and Fall of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas", The Prison Journal, Winter-Fall 1991:
      He further stated that "I can't remember ever seeing a wood [white inmate] assault a nigger without being provoked".
    • 2009, Brendan Joel Kelly, "Pride vs. Power", The Phoenix New Times:
      Other than shout-outs to fellow "woods," I found no references on their record to racism, and after getting to know the members, I think Woodpile's message is the opposite of what the L.A. Times construed it to be — they want to bring hardcore white guys to rap music, rather than alienating anyone of any race.
    • 2011, Christian Workman, Black Boxed: Coming of Age Behind Prison Walls:
      The only thing is, even though there are ways to remain neutral, to just be a wood and not get caught up in the white supremacist gang stuff, you do have to take a side if things get bad.

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Middle English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Old English, more at wood above.

Adjective [edit]

wood

  1. insane; crazy
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