wood in Sindhi سنڌي
wood in Telugu తెలుగు
wood in English
- wood⇄adj. 1. made or consisting of wood; wooden.
Ex. a wood house.
2. used to store or convey wood.
Ex. a wood box.
3. dwelling or growing in woods.
Ex. wood moss. - wood⇄expr. knock (on) wood,
a. to hit a wooden object in the belief that this will prevent evil or misfortune.
Ex. ""Right now,"" Egan said, doing so, ""I'm knocking on wood"" (New York Times).
b. to hope that misfortune will not happen or - wood⇄expr. not to see the wood for the trees, to lose the view of the whole in the multitude of details.
Ex. Garrick ... bears no very distinct figure. One hardly sees the wood for the trees (Walter Pater). - wood⇄expr. out of the woods (or wood), out of danger or difficulty.
Ex. When a patient reaches this stage [of convalescence], he is out of the woods (Owen Wister). - wood⇄expr. saw wood, (Informal.)
a. to attend to one's own affairs.
Ex. Read what happened to Hannibal at Capua while the defeated Romans were busy sawing wood (New York Evening Post).
b. to sleep heavily.
Ex. When he is sawing wood, - wood⇄expr. touch wood, to knock wood.
Ex. We haven't had too many people killed, touch wood (New York Times). - wood⇄expr. woods, the woodwinds collectively of an orchestra or band.
Ex. The conductor signaled the strings to join the brasses and woods. - wood⇄noun 1. the hard, fibrous substance beneath the bark of trees and shrubs; xylem.
Ex. With one swing of the axe he cut through the bark down to the wood.
2. trees cut into boards or planks for use; lumber or timber.
Ex. The carpenter br - wood⇄v.i. Also, wood up. to get or take in a supply of wood for fuel.
Ex. We went on down the river, ... stopping ... occasionally to wood up (Cecil Roberts). - wood⇄v.t. 1. to plant with trees.
2. to supply with wood, especially firewood. - wood⇄wood (1), noun, adjective, verb.
- wood⇄wood (2), adjective.
(Obsolete or Dialect.)
1. mad; demented.
2. furious; enraged. Also, wud.