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wood en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /wɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /wʊd/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • wo͝od (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /wʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /(ʋ)ʊɖ/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood 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).

Meanings

  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.
    • O that men / (Canſt thou believe ?) ſhould be ſo ſtupid grown, / While yet the Patriark liv’d, who ſcap’d the Flood, / As to forſake the living God, and fall / To worſhip thir own work in Wood and Stone / For Gods ! 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1006–11:
    • Africa’s growing demand for wood products presents an opportunity to build a resilient bioeconomy that creates jobs, strengthens local industries and reduces pressure on natural forests. Wood remains one of Africa’s most vital natural resources, supporting livelihoods, economic development and industrial growth across the continent. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, more than 600 million Africans depend on forests and trees for their livelihoods, relying on wood value chains for employment, energy, construction materials and income generation. The sector supports industries such as furniture manufacturing, paper production, packaging, electricity transmission, housing and construction. In rural Africa, wood and tree-based systems also provide fuel and income, forming a cornerstone of household survival. As population growth and urbanization accelerate, demand for wood products is rising sharply, creating both opportunities and challenges for sustainable development. Harnessing this potential could position the wood sector as a driver of economic transformation and green growth. At the centre of this opportunity is the idea of a resilient wood-based bioeconomy, an approach that sustainably uses renewable biological resources like wood and forest products to produce materials, energy and services while safeguarding ecosystem health. 2026 June 12, Jane Mutune, Peter Minang, “Building a resilient wood-based bioeconomy in Africa”, in Forest News:
    • This table is made of wood.
    • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
    • There was lots of wood on the beach.
  2. (countable) 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 few woods, such as cedar and redwood, are prized for their rugged naturalness and they age so beautifully that they are generally left unfinished. 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 93:
  3. (as plurale tantum, countable, often) A forested or wooded area.
    • A wood beyond this moor was viewed as a border area in the seventeenth century.
    • “There upon the hill, close by the wood, did I act the elf-maiden,” said Sophie. 1845, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Mary Howitt, Only a Fiddler! and O.T., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 298:
    • He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
    • Macbeth ſhall neuer vanquiſh’d be, vntill / Great Byrnam Wood, to high Dunſmane Hill / Shall come againſt him. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 144, column 2, lines 92–94:
  4. (countable, uncountable) Firewood.
    • We need more wood for the fire.
    • We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
    • Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. 2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:
  5. (countable) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A woodwind instrument.
  7. (slang, uncountable) An erection of the penis.
    • That girl at the strip club gave me wood.
  8. (slang, uncountable) Chess pieces.
    • […] White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side. 1971, Chess Life & Review, volume 26, page 309:

Forms

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woods Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds (first 500 of 656)

algumwood · woodstone · wood wide web · rotten wood · wood gum · Deadwood · tallow wood · wood mint · serpentwood · flame-of-the-woods · wood poppy · out of the woods · leatherwood · wood lily · shittimwood · Walsall Wood · Woodmere · woodruff · woodborer · woodworker · woodyard · wood nettle · stress wood · wood shot · woodgrub · woodstore · deadwood · wood spirits · wanwood · ashwood · yellowwood · kindlewood · woodrot · arrowwood · fruit-wood · oysterwood · bowwood · touchwood · yellow wood sorrel · wood-locked · woodmonger · woodgeld · woodwright · briarwood · Wood Green · give someone wood · toonwood · wood sorrel · Hall i' th' Wood · glassywood · spearwood · stinkwood · tension wood · woodpile · wood fretter · aloeswood · elderwood · springwood · pine woods snake · scrubwood · wood strawberry · miss the wood for the trees · wood goldilocks · Handsworth Wood · rabbitwood · buttonwood · cedarwood · wooden · marblewood · woodmote · agarwood · wood garlic · wormwood · guaiacwood · candle-wood · wood parenchyma · bishop wood · wood cookie · woodlouse · woodlessness · summerwood · three wood · chatwood · woodworking · does a bear shit in the woods · woodwart · green wood · bay-wood · crabwood · Borehamwood · elmwood · wood mouse · campeachy wood · North Woods · woodcarver · rosewood · muskwood · cherrywood · angely wood · wood alcohol · sagewood · eaglewood · turnipwood · wood pulp · wood spirit · halloo before one is out of the wood · wood-copper · Westwood · fibrewood · Ireland Wood · flintwood · rhodium wood · yokewood · violetwood · pipewood · leadwood · woodsmoked · Ashurst Wood · wood dirt · yellow wood anemone · purplewood · Woodwalton · wood-sere · camp wood · Mediterranean wood · wood-burning · redwood · speckled wood · does the Pope shit in the woods · woodland · woodify · wood pussy · spoolwood · wood rose · jackwood · wood-hewer · wood-rot · tonewood · woodshop · sap-wood · woodcutter · pinewood · woodmouse · Madeira wood · wood hoopoe · canoewood · wood frog · candlewood · brushwood · Lima wood · trumpetwood · southernwood · woodsball · juniper wood · coachwood · bugwood · almondwood · canarywood · wood anemone · bitterwood · Woodacre · wood cudweed · wood leader · wood-shaving flower · woodshrike · ratwood · St John's Wood · wood ear · Holme Wood · Wood Wood · woodie · copsewood · wood buffalo · milkwood · woodside · moosewood · green-wood · muttonwood · push wood · wetwood · sourwood · woodshaving · stavewood · woodstove · wood-blockist · Paddock Wood · woodchop · woodchipper · wood betony · woodward · gumwood · wood wool · angelin wood · woodcraft · wood sugar · woodcrete · Woodlake · underwood · babe in the woods · ovenwood · narrawood · sappanwood · princewood · wood processing · wood spurge · woodman · felonwood · snakewood · woodsy · woodswoman · cabbagewood · chicken of the woods · Nicaragua wood · woodhenge · hen of the woods · woodchip · browsewood · wood ant · wood brown · matchwood · woodjam · cocuswood · kingwood · palmwood · does a bear crap in the woods · woodpeck · hewers of wood and drawers of water · porkwood · caustic wood alkali · soapwood · woodware · woodsman · tiger wood · woodcare · wood oil · wood hyacinth · St Johns Wood · wood-boring · woodbird · smokewood · jarrahwood · wood fern · lumberwood · woodless · beefwood · rosetta wood · wood sage · pepperwood · wood quail · jamwood · paddlewood · fairway wood · boxwood · sandal-wood · pearwood · pulpwood · wood block · cherry wood · woodway · woodprint · possumwood · bulletwood · wood grouse · tallwood · woodrat · lacewood · do bears shit in the woods · woodworks · Abbey Wood · nakedwood · Wood Creek · rainbow wood · deerwood · sapwood · laka wood · teakwood · evergreen wood fern · Lockwood · woodfuel · wood sandpiper · wood finishing · woodchopper · put the dead wood on · woody · woodshed · bean-wood · hen of the woods · wood knot · cocus wood · heartwood · touch wood · wood turtle · woodpusher · slimwood · cheesewood · woodwasp · stovewood · gopher wood · woodboring · Eastwood · flame of the woods · wood-oil · woods oyster · devilwood · woodburning · needlewood · wood-wife · spicewood · St Giles in the Wood · horsewood · wood shampoo · cordwood · wood dock · wood lot · socketwood · woodsilver · amber wood cockroach · reaction wood · Hollywood · woodnymph · wood hedgehog · woodbox · dead wood · wood chopper · punkwood · brezel wood · budwood · earlywood · wood-pigeon · rubywood · greasewood · limewood · wood tar · dyewood · eastern wood pewee · wood fox · cottonwood · wood thrush · wood sedge · citron wood · Holywood · the woods for the trees · inkwood · wood-ear · wood carving · spoonwood · Wood End · woodswallow · woodscolt · Harper Woods · grey-necked wood rail · torchwood · softwood · woodturning · Wood Lane · wood apple · juniper-wood · miss the woods for the trees · bloodwood · Campeche wood · bentwood · Hazelwood · woodhen · latewood · larchwood · poisonwood · lay the wood · woodsorrel · wood bison · corkwood · baywood · hazelwood · woodblock · wood owl · wood ibis · wood shop · Australian wood cockroach · Woodbeck · wooden spoon · vinewood · Wood-Ridge · elfin wood · Cannock Wood · woodreed · woodcock · wood dove · woodlizard · beechwood · fuelwood · Colliers Wood · leopardwood · take to the woods · woodmaster · beaverwood · wood tin · woodshifter · woodwise · woodhole · wood-wool · wood screw · Harold Wood · woundwood · bow-wood · woodmeal · woodcrafter · saffronwood · plywood · groundwood · ribbonwood · wound wood · prickwood · sweetwood · woodworm · fatwood · woodsawyer · lingoa wood · wood chip · hardwood · satinwood · wood acid · bluewood · woodbin · Wood Buffalo · Southwood · sandalwood · wood avens · woodrock · logwood · driftwood · woodcreeper · wood bug · knock wood · wood gas · roundwood · cogwood · carrotwood · frywood · firewood · woodcutting · woodrick · rosinwood · basswood · Greenwood · Whittle-le-Woods · partridge-wood · old man of the woods · wood lemming · featherwood · inwood · wood-block · woodreeve · Chelmsley Wood · bring the wood · wood white · wood and water joey · sassywood · aguila wood · woodcut · jakwood · peckerwood · oakwood · wood rail · woodfern · woodgrain · wooded · blackwood · camphorwood · woodturner · wood-elf · peachwood · wood nuthatch · cork wood · wood stork · wood elf · rise-wood · whistlewood · does a bear poop in the woods · giant wood rail · billetwood · clogwood · Woodrow · Blackwood · woodpecker · burlwood · wood buttercup · woodkern · wood-wide web · wood bedstraw · woodlet · woodhouse · ironwood · woodly · wood warbler · citronwood · nonwood · wood engraving · wood millet · blue wood sedge · Madagascar wood rail · woodwose

Descendants

udu

Relateds

firth · thicket · grove · wald · woods · shaw · holt · wooden · hurst · weald · tree · wold

Synonyms

woodland · timber (substance) · woods · woods · forest · forest · woodland · wood lot (wooded area)

Translations (429)

oc fusta (substance) · tdd ᥛᥭᥳ (substance) · eve мо̄ (substance) · tpi paiawut (firewood — see also firewood) · evn мо̄ (substance) · tpi diwai (substance) · bh काठ (substance) · zh 木料 (substance) · be драўні́на (substance) · mhn holz (substance) · mnc ᠮᠣᠣ (substance) · ko 목재 (substance) · mrc 'ii (substance) · gl madeira (substance) · ms kayu (substance) · wyi kalk (woodland) · ia ligno (substance) · bla mĭstcĭs (substance) · zu umuthi (substance) · lv malka (firewood — see also firewood) · cy pren (substance) · vi gỗ (substance) · fi puu (substance) · lld lënia (wood from a particular species) · sq pyll (woodland) · zza kolı (substance) · gv aamaid (substance) · apw chizh (substance) · uz yog'och (substance) · fi metsikkö (woodland) · bg надървяне (slang: an erection) · mid ࡒࡉࡎࡀ (substance) · la lignum (substance) · ga ros (woodland) · sga fid (woodland) · ca fusta (type of golf club) · dlm buasc (woodland) · ru древеси́на (substance) · as কাঠ (substance) · da ved (substance) · blt ꪼꪣ꫁ (substance) · tpn ybyrá (substance) · lmo legn (substance) · roa-gal boueil (substance) · pt tesão (slang: an erection) · ota اورمان (woodland) · ne दाउरा (firewood — see also firewood) · bg дърво́ (substance) · nl hout (substance) · it legname (wood from a particular species) · xqa يِغَجْ (substance) · cic itti' (substance) · sv trä (substance) · sv ved (substance) · yag yaku (substance) · eu egur (firewood — see also firewood) · iro-min úwẽ'kææ' (substance) · ka ტყე (woodland) · mba kayo (substance) · ko 수풀 (woodland) · fr bois (wood from a particular species) · twf łòʼóne (substance) · co boscu (woodland) · gd fiodh (wood from a particular species) · rm lain (substance) · hu fa (substance) · ha ice (substance) · mk шума (woodland) · bg духов инструмент (music: woodwind instrument) · uk дро́ва (firewood — see also firewood) · ru древеси́на (wood from a particular species) · mk дрво за огрев (firewood — see also firewood) · ug ياغاچ (substance) · ba үҙағас (substance) · srn udu (substance) · de Holz (type of golf club) · shn မႆႉ (substance) · sv träslag (wood from a particular species) · ru де́рево (wood from a particular species) · zh(substance) · de Holz (substance) · msk kaoy (substance) · ckb چێو (substance) · tr odun (firewood — see also firewood) · bg дърво́ (wood from a particular species) · ro teren păduros (woodland) · cs dřevo (substance) · pl drewno opałowe (firewood — see also firewood) · scn ligna (firewood — see also firewood) · ia bosco (woodland) · ltg kūks (substance) · dsb drjewo (substance) · is skógur (woodland) · fi stondis (slang: an erection) · hi लकड़ी (substance) · zu ukhuni class 11/10 (substance) · sa काष्ठ (substance) · ist lìgno (substance) · mid ࡒࡉࡍࡎࡀ (substance) · ar خشب (substance) · cs les (woodland) · uk ліс (woodland) · lld bosch (woodland) · fa هیمه (firewood — see also firewood) · zdj mri (wood from a particular species) · mnw ဆု (substance) · km ឈើ (substance) · lo ໄມ້ (substance) · nb skog (woodland) · pl bór (woodland) · el δάσος (woodland) · waq guda (substance) · rif tafrewt (substance) · sq dru (substance) · ne झाडी (woodland) · de Holz (wood from a particular species) · cop ϣⲉ (substance) · wmw mbawo (substance) · no tresort (wood from a particular species) · fur len (substance) · ckb دار (substance) · dz ཤིང (substance) · arc ܩܝܣܐ (substance) · egy xt:t*Z1 (substance) · ilo kayo (substance) · es madera (substance) · no ved (firewood — see also firewood) · uk деревина́ (wood from a particular species) · tg ҷангал (woodland) · otk 𐰃𐰍𐰲 (substance) · wym hułc (substance) · gd fiodh (substance) · mk дрво (substance) · pl las (woodland) · ko 나무 (substance) · lv koksne (substance) · oc lenha (firewood — see also firewood) · lld legn (substance) · xto or (substance) · no treverk (substance) · fa درختزار (woodland) · pt madeira (substance) · sl gozd (substance) · my သစ် (substance) · inh дахча (substance) · lt medis (substance) · eu zur (substance) · cic itti' (wood from a particular species) · mrw kayo (substance) · lld leniam (firewood — see also firewood) · pdc Hols (substance) · ab амҿымаҭәахә (substance) · ro codru (woodland) · cs dřevo (wood from a particular species) · lld lënia da tizé (firewood — see also firewood) · ky жыгач (substance) · mn мод (substance) · he עֵץ (substance) · tyv ыяш (substance) · pal 𐭰𐭥𐭯 (substance) · es madera (wood from a particular species) · oj mitig (substance) · ru лес (substance) · pt bosque (woodland) · sga caill (woodland) · zdj mri (substance) · es fuste (substance) · no ved (substance) · bal دار (substance) · pa ਕਾਠ (substance) · txb wartto (woodland) · lij forèsto (woodland) · lv koks (substance) · ca fusta (wood from a particular species) · av цӏцӏул (substance) · ast madera (substance) · de Waldung (woodland) · es leña (firewood — see also firewood) · lki چوو (substance) · bg гора́ (woodland) · no treslag (wood from a particular species) · mk ша́тор (slang: an erection) · kmr dar (substance) · fur bosc (woodland) · zh 木材 (substance) · ota اوطون (firewood — see also firewood) · tk agaç (substance) · fi metsä (woodland) · gl leña (firewood — see also firewood) · hy փայտ (substance) · khb ᦺᦙᧉ (substance) · nap ligno (substance) · fi polttopuu (firewood — see also firewood) · pl knieja (woodland) · meu au (substance) · ga coill (woodland) · kk ағаш (substance) · tru ܩܰܝܣܳܐ (substance) · zu ukhuni class 11/10 (firewood — see also firewood) · it legni (music: woodwind instrument) · cs dřeva (music: woodwind instrument) · hy անտառ (woodland) · ca bosc (woodland) · pdt Woolt (woodland) · nog агаш (substance) · ga adhmad (substance) · zu ihlathi (woodland) · tpi diwai (wood from a particular species) · hrx Hols (substance) · tr tahta (substance) · ace kayèe (substance) · fi kanki (slang: an erection) · lmo bosch (woodland) · et puit (substance) · fur selve (woodland) · bn কাঠ (substance) · ka ხე (substance) · bej híndi (substance) · sv ved (firewood — see also firewood) · or କାଠ (substance) · tpw ybyrá (substance) · tl kahoy (substance) · zza qab (wood from a particular species) · el ξυλεία (substance) · nv tsin (substance) · ar خَشَب (substance) · aa baho (substance) · sce mutun (substance) · rgn lègn (substance) · et puu (substance) · pl drewno (substance) · la materia (wood from a particular species) · uz o'tin (substance) · lij légno (substance) · is viður (substance) · tt агач (substance) · fo træ (substance) · mk стап (slang: an erection) · arc אָעָא (substance) · ko(woodland) · pdt Holt (nds) (wood from a particular species) · de Latte (slang: an erection) · nl hout (firewood — see also firewood) · vec łegno (substance) · de Holz (firewood — see also firewood) · mt injam (substance) · ru лесоматериа́л (substance) · syl ꠇꠣꠑ (substance) · bg дървеси́на (substance) · aho 𑜉𑜩 (substance) · njo-jgl süng (substance) · sc linna (substance) · skb ไม (substance) · da træ (substance) · ssy boxo (substance) · gu લાકડું (substance) · tr odun (substance) · sw mbao (substance) · ne काठ (substance) · ang holt (substance) · it bosco (woodland) · no ved (wood from a particular species) · hi काष्ठ (substance) · fa چوب (wood from a particular species) · mk дрво (wood from a particular species) · pl drewno na opał (firewood — see also firewood) · fy hout (substance) · tum khuni (substance) · mk дрво (slang: an erection) · cs dřevo (firewood — see also firewood) · vec legn (substance) · ko 땔나무 (firewood — see also firewood) · nap vosco (woodland) · nl houtsoort (wood from a particular species) · la līgnum (firewood — see also firewood) · lld lënia (firewood — see also firewood) · pam dutung (substance) · os хъӕд (substance) · moh oyente (substance) · la nemus (woodland) · ba утын (substance) · xct ཤིང་ (substance) · ca llenya (firewood — see also firewood) · eo ligno (substance) · eo arbareto (woodland) · liv(substance) · par huuppin (substance) · cs dřevo (type of golf club) · cu лѣсъ (woodland) · la silva (woodland) · de Holzart (wood from a particular species) · dlm lanc (substance) · pt lenha (firewood — see also firewood) · tg беша (woodland) · akz itto (substance) · ca fusta (substance) · uk де́рево (substance) · lld lën (substance) · is viður (firewood — see also firewood) · fr bois de chauffage (firewood — see also firewood) · zh 木頭 /木头 (substance) · txb or (substance) · bo ཤིང (substance) · ms kayu (wood from a particular species) · th ไม้ (substance) · am እንጨት (substance) · oc bòsc (woodland) · lkt čháŋ (substance) · cs dříví (firewood — see also firewood) · sa वन (woodland) · txb karāś (woodland) · fr bois (substance) · pt madeira (wood from a particular species) · es leñame (substance) · tg чӯб (substance) · nod ᨾᩱ᩶ (substance) · ota میشه (woodland) · bg дърва́ (firewood — see also firewood) · ht bwa (substance) · lb Bësch (woodland) · fo viður (substance) · mr लाकूड (substance) · ur لکڑی (substance) · vec bòsch (woodland) · ce дечиг (substance) · mfe dibwa (substance) · sv skog (woodland) · it legno (substance) · ti ዕንጨይቲ (substance) · ru стоя́к (slang: an erection) · ru де́рево (substance) · uk деревина́ (substance) · frp bouesc (woodland) · mh aļaļ (substance) · he קֶרֶשׁ (substance) · el ξύλο (substance) · fi puulaji (wood from a particular species) · mhn bòlt (woodland) · es bosque (woodland) · ltg kūkna (substance) · ka მერქანი (substance) · hi काठ (substance) · yue(substance) · sga fid (substance) · kw koos (substance) · pms bosch (woodland) · sh дрво (substance) · pim mushe (substance) · roa-gal boueil (woodland) · iro-min uyêta' (substance) · fa چوب (substance) · yua cheʼ (substance) · el ξύλα (firewood — see also firewood) · crh taqta (substance) · pdt Holt (nds) (substance) · ru лес (woodland) · id kayu bakar (firewood — see also firewood) · pms legn (substance) · lld legnam (wood from a particular species) · ka შეშა (firewood — see also firewood) · fi puu (type of golf club) · hop koho (substance) · ho au (substance) · be дрэ́ва (substance) · id kayu (substance) · lb Holz (substance) · na edabwike (substance) · sh drvo (substance) · fa بیشه (woodland) · mg hazo (substance) · gor ayu (substance) · rup lemnu (substance) · is tré (type of golf club) · no tre (substance) · br koad (substance) · fr bois (woodland) · fa هیزم (firewood — see also firewood) · az ağac (substance) · sl les (substance) · chr ᎠᏓ (substance) · ro lemn (substance) · tl kahoy (wood from a particular species) · de Waldland (woodland) · zza qazığ (slang: an erection) · scn lignu (substance) · vec legne (firewood — see also firewood) · aii ܩܲܝܣܵܐ (substance) · rom kaśt (substance) · sk drevo (substance) · af hout (substance) · za faex (substance) · gl fraga (woodland) · zlw-ocs dřěvo (substance) · ro pădure (woodland) · aio မ︀ႝ (substance) · ps لرګی (substance) · uga 𐎓𐎕 (substance) · gl fuste (substance) · ia ligno (firewood — see also firewood) · grc ξύλον (substance) · pt tusa (slang: an erection) · sux 𒄑 (substance) · ja 木材 (substance) · es palo (substance) · sa दारु (substance) · fi puumaila (type of golf club) · az oduncaq (substance) · haw lāʻau (substance) · vec bosco (woodland) · rhg gas (substance) · pl drzewo (wood from a particular species) · pl drewno (wood from a particular species) · ru дрова́ (firewood — see also firewood) · tpi diwai (firewood — see also firewood) · nl woud (woodland) · cy coed (substance) · nn skog (woodland) · gl madeira (wood from a particular species) · fi puut (firewood — see also firewood) · fi puupuhallin (music: woodwind instrument) · wao hól (substance) · nl woudland (woodland) · mk корија (woodland) · ja(substance) · tt үзагач (substance) · gug yvyra (substance) · it legna (firewood — see also firewood) · id hutan (woodland) · uk де́рево (wood from a particular species)

wikidata: Q287

wood en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /wɵd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /wʊd/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • wo͝od (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /wʉd/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
  • /(ʋ)ʊɖ/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Old English widu Old English wudu Middle English wode English wood 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).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) 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. 1542, Sir Richard Devereux, letter, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, London: J. Nichols, published 1792, page 155
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) 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 followed for a smal time after them, who had wooded themselves we know not where […] c. 1586, Sir Ralph Lane, “Lane’s Account of the Englishmen Left in Virginia”, in Henry Sweetser Burrage, editor, Early English and French Voyages: Chiefly from Hakluyt, 1534–1608, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1906, page 246
  3. (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
    • to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
    • Many passengers would save a little by helping to “wood the boat,” i. e., by carrying wood down the bank and throwing it on the boat, a special ticket being issued on that condition. 1891 November 14, John Bidwell, “The First Emigrant Train to California”, in Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder, editors, The Century Magazine, volume XLI, number 1, Scribner & Company, page 106:
  4. (intransitive) 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 […] c. 1629, Captain John Smith, chapter XXVII, in The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith, volume II, London: Awnsham and John Churchill, published 1704, page 409:

Forms

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wooded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wooded Tense=Past lexicographic
wooding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
woods Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (9)

fi istuttaa metsää (to cover or plant with trees) · fi metsittää (to cover or plant with trees) · bg залеся́вам (to cover or plant with trees) · es forestar (to cover or plant with trees) · de aufforsten (to cover or plant with trees) · mk пошумува (to cover or plant with trees) · it rimboschire (to cover or plant with trees) · nl bebossen (to cover or plant with trees) · pt florestar (to cover or plant with trees)

wood en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Mad, insane, crazed.
    • And like a lion wood amongst them fares, Dealing his dreadfull blowes with large dispence 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
    • And then he flue on hir as he were wood, / And on hir breeche did hack and foyne a-good. 1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines, lines 140-141:
    • A fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin. 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 27:
    • How the young whelpe of Talbots raging wood, / Did fleſh his punie-ſword in Frenchmens blood. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii], page 114, column 1:

Forms

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wode alternative lexicographic
wooder Degree=Cmp lexicographic
woodest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

wood-wroth · woodness

Translations (2)

es lignario (attributive) · es maderero (attributive)

wood en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Back-formation from peckerwood.

Meanings

  1. (US, of a person, offensive, slang, sometimes) A peckerwood.
    • He further stated that "I can't remember ever seeing a wood [white inmate] assault a nigger without being provoked". 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
    • 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. 2009, Brendan Joel Kelly, “Pride vs. Power”, in The Phoenix New Times:
    • 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. 2011, Christian Workman, Black Boxed: Coming of Age Behind Prison Walls:

Forms

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woods Number=Plur lexicographic