Collins English-English Dictionary

wood [wυd]

1. 1. n the hard fibrous substance consisting of xylem tissue that occurs beneath the bark in trees, shrubs, and similar plants

2. 2. n the trunks of trees that have been cut and prepared for use as a building material

3. 3. n a collection of trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, etc, usually dominated by one or a few species of tree: usually smaller than a forest

   an oak wood

4. 4. n fuel; firewood

5. 5. n [golf] a long-shafted club with a broad wooden or metal head, used for driving: numbered from 1 to 7 according to size, angle of face, etc

6. 6. n (as modifier)

   a wood shot

7. 7. n [tennis] [squash] [badminton] the frame of a racket

   he hit a winning shot off the wood

8. 8. n one of the biased wooden bowls used in the game of bowls

9. 9. n short for woodwind - See also woods

10. 10. n [music] casks, barrels, etc, made of wood

11. 11. n [modifier] made of, used for, employing, or handling wood

    a wood fire

12. 12. n [modifier] dwelling in, concerning, or situated in a wood

    a wood nymph

13. 13. vt. [tr] to plant a wood upon

14. 14. vt. to supply or be supplied with fuel or firewood

15. 15. vt. See also woods

16. 16. vt. [Etymology] Old English widu, wudu; related to Old High German witu, Old Norse vithr

wood [wυd]

1. 1. adj [obsolete] raging or raving like a maniac

2. 2. adj [Etymology] Old English wod; related to Old High German wuot (German Wut), Old Norse othr, Gothic woths, Latin vates seer