wood
/wʊd/ verb C2- To cover or plant with trees.
- To hide behind trees.
- To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for. · to wood a steamboat or a locomotive
- To take or get a supply of wood.
He/she/it woods · Past wooded · Past participle wooded · -ing form wooding
Verb forms
- Base form
- wood
- He/she/it
- woods
- Past
- wooded
- Past participle
- wooded
- -ing form
- wooding
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The tree made a good, thick covering to protect them from the dew, and the Tin Woodman chopped a great pile of wood with his axe and Dorothy built a splendid fire that warmed her and made her feel less lonely.
At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood.
“I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest and sold the wood for a living.
When I grew up, I too became a wood-chopper, and after my father died I took care of my old mother as long as she lived.
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