wood | |
1. n. 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. | |
This table is made of wood. | |
There was lots of wood on the beach. | |
2. n. The wood of 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. | |
3. n. A forested or wooded area. | |
He got lost in the woods beyond Seattle. | |
4. n. Firewood. | |
We need more wood for the fire. | |
5. n. (golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood. | |
6. n. (music) A woodwind instrument. | |
7. n. (slang) An erection of the penis. | |
That girl at the strip club gave me wood. | |
8. n. (chess, slang) Chess pieces. | |
9. v. To cover or plant with trees. | |
10. v. (reflexive, intransitive) To hide behind trees. | |
11. v. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for. | |
to wood a steamboat or a locomotive | |
12. v. (intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood. | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed. | |
14. n. (US, sometimes offensive chiefly prison slang) A peckerwood. | |