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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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verd
English
Etymology
See vert, verdant.
Noun
verd (uncountable)
- (obsolete, Britain, law) The privilege of cutting green wood within a forest for fuel.
- (obsolete, Britain, law) The right of pasturing animals in a forest.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (obsolete) greenness; freshness
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
Anagrams
- RV'ed, RVed, Revd., derv, rev'd
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan vert and its variants (compare Occitan verd), from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem (compare French vert, Spanish verde), from Latin viridis, viridem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?v??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?b?rt/
Adjective
verd (feminine verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)
- green
Noun
verd m (uncountable)
- green
Derived terms
- bròquil verd
- Cap Verd
- de més verdes en maduren
- oliva verda
- verdura
Related terms
- enverdir
- verger
See also
Estonian
Noun
verd
- partitive singular of veri
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
From Latin viridis.
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)
- green
Friulian
Alternative forms
- vert
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Adjective
verd
- green
Related terms
- inverdî
- verda?
- verdôr
- verdure
- verge
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- verjed
Etymology
ver +? -d (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?v?rd]
- Hyphenation: verd
Verb
verd
- second-person singular subjunctive present definite of ver
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian verde, from Latin viridis.
Adjective
verd
- green
Middle English
Noun
verd
- Alternative form of vert
Adjective
verd
- Alternative form of vert
Middle French
Alternative forms
- vert
Etymology
From Old French vert, with the d to reflect its Latin etymology, viridis.
Noun
verd m (uncountable)
- green
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verde, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdes)
- green
Descendants
- French: vert
- Haitian Creole: vèt, vè
- ? Wolof: wert
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz.
Noun
verd f or m (definite singular verda or verden, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)
- alternative form of verden
Derived terms
- verdslig
Etymology 2
From Old Norse verðr
Adjective
verd (indeclinable)
- alternative form of verdt
References
- “verd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ver?ld, from Proto-Germanic *weraldiz. Akin to English world.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ?r/
Noun
verd f (definite singular verda, indefinite plural verder, definite plural verdene)
- (definite singular form) world (human collective existence)
- (definite singular form) the Earth
- world, planet
Derived terms
- verdshav
- verdsleg
- verdsmeister
- verdsrekord
Etymology 2
From Old Norse verðr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??rd/
Adjective
verd (neuter singular verdt, definite singular and plural verde)
- worth (equal in value to)
Derived terms
- mindreverd
References
- “verd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan vert and its variants, from Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bert/
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)
- green
Noun
verd m (uncountable)
- green
Related terms
- verdir
- vergièr
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?rd/
Adjective
verd
- green
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) veard
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin virdis, virdem, from Latin viridis, viridem.
Adjective
verd m (feminine singular verda, masculine plural verds, feminine plural verdas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green
Noun
verd m
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) green
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