wood
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English [edit]
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).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
wood (countable and uncountable; plural woods)
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- Firewood.
- We need more wood for the fire.
- (countable) (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
- (music) A woodwind instrument.
- (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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Adjective [edit]
wood (not comparable)
- Made of wood.
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Verb [edit]
wood (third-person singular simple present woods, present participle wooding, simple past and past participle wooded)
- (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
- (transitive) 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.
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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)
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Etymology 3 [edit]
Back-formation from peckerwood.
Noun [edit]
wood (plural woods)
- (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.
- 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:
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Most common English words before 1923: higher · military · passage · #892: wood · matters · physical · spring
Middle English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old English, more at wood above.
Adjective [edit]
wood
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