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wood

WUUD/wʊd/

Pluralwoods (some meanings)

Verbwoods, wooding, wooded

11 meanings of wood

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  1. 1
    tree materialnoununcountable
    The hard stuff that trees are made of, used to build things or burn in fires.

    Like the strong, hard part inside a tree that we can cut and shape.

    The chair is made of smooth, polished wood.

    The boat floats because wood is lighter than water.

    UsageSay a piece of wood, made of wood.

    Similartimber

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  2. 2
    small forestnouncountable
    A small area of land covered with growing trees.

    Like a big group of trees all growing close together.

    The children played in the wood near their house.

    A path led deep into the dark wood.

    UsagePeople often say in the woods.

    Similarforest, woods, woodland

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  3. 3
    cover with treesverbtransitive
    To plant trees across a piece of land.

    UsageMost often wooded, as in a wooded hill.

    Similarforest, afforest, reforest

    Oppositedeforest, clear

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Origins

Meanings 1–7

This word came from Old English "wudu," meaning wood, forest, or tree. It goes back to an older Germanic word for wood, probably from an Indo-European root meaning "to separate."

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  • Wood descends from Old English wudu, meaning wood, forest or tree. en.wiktionary.org
  • Proto-Germanic *widuz meant wood, tree or forest. Its further derivation from an Indo-European root meaning to separate is probable, rather than certain. en.wiktionary.org
Meaning 8

This came from Old English "wōd," meaning mad or insane.

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