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Definition wood

Etymology 1

From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *wid?u-. Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“wood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forrest”) (see English wold).

Noun

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.
2. (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
3. (countable) A forested or wooded area.
4. Firewood.
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 of the penis.
8. (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.

Verb

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. (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees.
3. (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
4. (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wood, from Old English w?d (“mad, insane”). See the full etymology at wode.

Adjective

wood (comparative wooder, superlative woodest)

1. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from peckerwood.

Noun

wood (plural woods)

1. (US, sometimes offensive, chiefly prison slang, of a person) A peckerwood.

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