meaning of wood
1. Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.
2. To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad.
3. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; -- frequently used in the plural.
4. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.
5. The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.
6. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
7. To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
8. To take or get a supply of wood.
9. Any one of several species of ticks of the genus Ixodes whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is Ixodes unipunctata.
10. a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available
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