wood

Reikšmė (anglų kalba)

Noun

1. 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.
2. The wood of a particular species of tree.
3. A forested or wooded area.
4. Firewood.
5. A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
6. A woodwind instrument.
7. (slang) An erection of the penis.
8. (slang) Chess pieces.

Verb

1. To cover or plant with trees.
2. To hide behind trees.
3. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
4. To take or get a supply of wood.

Adj

Mad, insane, crazed.

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/wʊd/

Etimologija (anglų kalba)

PIE word
*dwóh₁
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 *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”).
Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish ved (“wood”), Swedish ved (“firewood”), Icelandic viður (“wood”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”); all from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).