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wood
English
Etymology 1
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 *wid?u-.
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, General American) enPR: wo?od, IPA(key): /w?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
- Homophone: would
Noun
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.
- (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
- (countable) A forested or wooded area.
- Firewood.
- (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
- (music) A woodwind instrument.
- (uncountable, slang) An erection of the penis.
- (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
- 1971, Chess Life & Review (volume 26, page 309)
- […] 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)
Usage notes
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.
Synonyms
- (substance): timber
- (wooded area, US): wood lot
Derived terms
Related terms
- wooden
Translations
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: udu
Verb
wood (third-person singular simple present woods, present participle wooding, simple past and past participle wooded)
- (transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
- 1542, Sir Richard Devereux, letter, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, London: J. Nichols, published 1792, page 155:
- Their be ii good bellys, a chales, and a few ve?tments of litil valure, the ?tuff be?ide 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 ?uar yt is metely wodey’d in hege rowys.
- 1542, Sir Richard Devereux, letter, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, London: J. Nichols, published 1792, page 155:
- (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees.
- 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:
- 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:
- (transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
- to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
- (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English wood, from Old English w?d (“mad, insane”). See the full etymology at wode.
Alternative forms
- wode
Adjective
wood (comparative wooder, superlative woodest)
- (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
Derived terms
- wood-wroth
- woodness
Etymology 3
Back-formation from peckerwood.
Noun
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.
- 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:
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English, more at wood above.
Adjective
wood
- insane; crazy
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plancher
English
Etymology
French planche.
Noun
plancher (plural planchers)
- A floor made of wood.
- A plank.
- Elm; [used] some for planchers
- (architecture) The underside of a cornice; a soffit.
Verb
plancher (third-person singular simple present planchers, present participle planchering, simple past and past participle planchered)
- (obsolete, transitive) To form using planks.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Golding to this entry?)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pl??.?e/
Etymology 1
From planche.
Noun
plancher m (plural planchers)
- floor
- lower limit
- (anatomy) floor
Derived terms
- débarrasser le plancher
- mettre le pied au plancher
- plancher des vaches
Etymology 2
From planche.
Verb
plancher
- (intransitive) to talk
Conjugation
Further reading
- “plancher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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