wood | Lernwerd

Forms

1.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.
- There was lots of wood on the beach.
- 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.
2.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.
3.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.
4.A forested or wooded area.
- He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.
- 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.

1.To cover or plant with trees.
2.To hide behind trees.
3.To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
- 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.
4.To take or get a supply of wood.

Common· #1572

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