--- title: W — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 28 description: The 590 words of the English dictionary under W, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/28/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / W # W — The English dictionary · page 28 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/27/) **28** [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/29/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) **wondrously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that is wonderful and amazing, so beautiful or strange that you stop and stare.[↗](../../wondrously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The birch looked wondrously beautiful in the summer wind.[↗](../../wondrously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sunlight shone wondrously through the red and blue glass.[↗](../../wondrously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden was wondrously quiet after the storm.[↗](../../wondrously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the LORD; and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.[↗](../../wondrously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.13.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wondrously/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you; and My people shall never be ashamed.[↗](../../wondrously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.2.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wondrously/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **wonky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK, Australia) Wonky means crooked, not straight or not level.[↗](../../wonky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Wonky means shaky, weak or not working properly, as in a wonky table or wonky Wi-Fi.[↗](../../wonky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That picture on the wall is wonky.[↗](../../wonky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My bike wheel is a bit wonky.[↗](../../wonky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The table's wonky; put a coaster under the leg.[↗](../../wonky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Supermarkets sell wonky carrots cheaply.[↗](../../wonky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He has a wonky smile.[↗](../../wonky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Wi-Fi is wonky today.[↗](../../wonky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **wont** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, old-fashioned) If someone is wont to do something, they usually do it; it is their habit.[↗](../../wont/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, old-fashioned) «As is his wont» means as he usually does.[↗](../../wont/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Without an apostrophe, «wont» is also a common misspelling of «won't» (will not).[↗](../../wont/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Accustomed; in the habit of doing something.[↗](../../wont/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* As was his wont, Grandad fell asleep after lunch.[↗](../../wont/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (old-fashioned)[↗](../../wont/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was wont to sing while she cooked.[↗](../../wont/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old cat was wont to sleep by the fire.[↗](../../wont/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · As is her wont, the teacher arrived early.[↗](../../wont/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «I won't go» — not «I wont go».[↗](../../wont/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was wont to walk five miles each morning.[↗](../../wont/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Woe was drowned, and the merchant began to live again as he had been wont to do of old.[↗](../../wont/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wont/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the ass said unto Balaam: 'Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?'[↗](../../wont/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And he said: 'Nay.'[↗](../../wont/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wont/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own.[↗](../../wont/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wont/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Great are Thy compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont.[↗](../../wont/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.156, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wont/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear my voice according unto Thy lovingkindness; quicken me, O LORD, as Thou art wont.[↗](../../wont/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.149, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wont/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn Thee towards me, and be gracious unto me, as is Thy wont to do unto those that love Thy name.[↗](../../wont/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.119.132, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wont/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;[↗](../../wont/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.5, JPS 1917) · I'll take away the last little one, and you wont have to bother about her.”[↗](../../wont/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (English Fairy Tales) · And the ass said unto Balaam: 'Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?'[↗](../../wont/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") And he said: 'Nay.'[↗](../../wont/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.22.30, JPS 1917) **woo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old-fashioned) To try to make someone love you so they will be your boyfriend, girlfriend or partner.[↗](../../woo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To try hard to get someone's support, such as voters or customers.[↗](../../woo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) «Woo!» or «woo-hoo!» is a cry of excitement.[↗](../../woo/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) «Woo» or «woo-woo» means ideas that are mystical and not backed by science.[↗](../../woo/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prince wooed the princess with songs.[↗](../../woo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is trying to woo new customers with discounts.[↗](../../woo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Both parties are wooing young voters.[↗](../../woo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Woo-hoo, it's snowing\![↗](../../woo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Woo, we won\![↗](../../woo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She thinks crystal healing is a lot of woo.[↗](../../woo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A suitor comes to woo her.[↗](../../woo/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wood is the hard material that trees are made of, used for building, furniture and fires.[↗](../../wood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A wood, or the woods, is a small forest.[↗](../../wood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A piece of wood is a plank, stick or log.[↗](../../wood/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He has a piece of wood 2 meters long.[↗](../../wood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She cut the wood into 4 equal parts.[↗](../../wood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each birdhouse needs 3 pieces of wood.[↗](../../wood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They walked 2 km through the woods.[↗](../../wood/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The table is made of wood.[↗](../../wood/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wood floats, but a stone sinks.[↗](../../wood/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Little Red Riding Hood walked through the woods.[↗](../../wood/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We gathered dry wood for the campfire.[↗](../../wood/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They came to a great wood.[↗](../../wood/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia-wood; (Torah EXO.25.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wood/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he made staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold.[↗](../../wood/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.37.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wood/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.[↗](../../wood/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wood/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.[↗](../../wood/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.41.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wood/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.[↗](../../wood/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.6.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wood/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits.[↗](../../wood/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.13.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wood/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **woodcut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A picture printed from a block of wood that has had a design cut into it.[↗](../../woodcut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The printer made a woodcut of a bird.[↗](../../woodcut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheet showed a woodcut of a comet over the town.[↗](../../woodcut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We pressed the inked block onto paper to make a woodcut.[↗](../../woodcut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **woodcutter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is cutting down trees or chopping wood.[↗](../../woodcutter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (art) A person who makes woodcuts, pictures printed from carved wood.[↗](../../woodcutter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The woodcutter lived with his family at the edge of the forest.[↗](../../woodcutter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In some versions, a woodcutter saves Little Red Riding Hood.[↗](../../woodcutter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodcutter carried his axe over his shoulder.[↗](../../woodcutter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodcutter cut 4 logs an hour, so in 3 hours he cut 12.[↗](../../woodcutter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hansel and Gretel's father was a poor woodcutter.[↗](../../woodcutter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Modern woodcutters use chainsaws and safety helmets.[↗](../../woodcutter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A LION demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage.[↗](../../woodcutter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wooden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wooden means made of wood.[↗](../../wooden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wooden means stiff and without feeling, like a wooden smile or wooden acting.[↗](../../wooden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We stirred the soup with a wooden spoon.[↗](../../wooden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old house has a wooden floor.[↗](../../wooden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pinocchio was a wooden puppet.[↗](../../wooden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A wooden ruler doesn't bend.[↗](../../wooden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge is made of wooden planks.[↗](../../wooden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The actor's voice sounded wooden.[↗](../../wooden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Others rode on bicycles or on wooden horses.[↗](../../wooden/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **woodland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Woodland is land covered with trees, an area of woods; it is usually smaller and more open than a forest.[↗](../../woodland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We went for a walk in the woodland near our house.[↗](../../woodland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many animals live in woodland.[↗](../../woodland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bluebells cover the woodland floor in spring.[↗](../../woodland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodland was quiet except for birdsong.[↗](../../woodland/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls hunt at night in the woodlands.[↗](../../woodland/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class planted trees to make a new woodland.[↗](../../woodland/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **woodlouse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woodlouse is a small grey animal with a hard, jointed shell and fourteen legs that lives in damp, dark places like under stones, logs and leaves.[↗](../../woodlouse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Some kinds can roll up into a ball when in danger (pill bugs).[↗](../../woodlouse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found woodlice under the log.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A woodlouse rolled into a ball when I touched it.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Woodlice like damp, dark places.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In our experiment, most woodlice moved to the wet side.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Woodlice eat rotting leaves and wood.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A woodlouse has fourteen legs.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the woodlice back where you found them.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, a woodlouse is called a slater.[↗](../../woodlouse/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **woodman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man whose work is cutting down trees or cutting and carrying wood; a woodcutter.[↗](../../woodman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The woodman carried logs on his back.[↗](../../woodman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodman chopped the old tree in two.[↗](../../woodman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mercury asked the woodman whose axe he had found.[↗](../../woodman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **woodpecker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woodpecker is a bird that clings to tree trunks and hammers into the wood with its strong, sharp beak to find insects and to make nest holes.[↗](../../woodpecker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We heard a woodpecker drumming on the oak tree.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodpecker pecked a hole for its nest.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A woodpecker's tongue is long enough to wrap round its skull.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The green woodpecker hops on lawns to eat ants.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Woodpeckers do not get headaches because of their special skulls.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Woody Woodpecker is a cartoon bird.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodpecker held on to the trunk with its stiff tail.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After they had gone some way, they passed a tree-stump, on which a bright coloured woodpecker was tapping.[↗](../../woodpecker/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **woodpile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A woodpile is a neat heap or stack of logs or chopped wood, usually kept outside for burning in a fire or stove.[↗](../../woodpile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In older sayings, a hidden problem is sometimes called something hiding in the woodpile.[↗](../../woodpile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad stacked the logs on the woodpile behind the shed.[↗](../../woodpile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma asked me to fetch three logs from the woodpile.[↗](../../woodpile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A little mouse ran out from under the woodpile.[↗](../../woodpile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear gloves when you take wood from the woodpile because spiders hide there.[↗](../../woodpile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodpile was covered with a tarp to keep it dry.[↗](../../woodpile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · By the end of winter the woodpile was almost gone.[↗](../../woodpile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted 40 logs in the woodpile and burned 6 a day.[↗](../../woodpile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Snakes sometimes sleep in a warm woodpile in Australia, so be careful.[↗](../../woodpile/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His woodpile was not yet kindled.[↗](../../woodpile/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **woodwind** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The family of musical instruments played by blowing, mostly with a reed or across a hole: flute, recorder, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and saxophone.[↗](../../woodwind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The players of these instruments in an orchestra or band.[↗](../../woodwind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The recorder is a woodwind instrument.[↗](../../woodwind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The clarinet and the oboe both belong to the woodwind family.[↗](../../woodwind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the orchestra the woodwind sit behind the violins.[↗](../../woodwind/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A flute is made of metal but it is still woodwind.[↗](../../woodwind/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The woodwind played the bird song in «Peter and the Wolf».[↗](../../woodwind/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother is learning the saxophone, which counts as woodwind.[↗](../../woodwind/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **woodwork** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Woodwork is the skill or school subject of making things out of wood.[↗](../../woodwork/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The woodwork of a building is the parts made of wood, such as doors, window frames and stairs.[↗](../../woodwork/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, football) «Hit the woodwork» means the ball hit the goal post or crossbar.[↗](../../woodwork/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Come out of the woodwork» means to appear suddenly, often unwelcome.[↗](../../woodwork/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a bird box in woodwork.[↗](../../woodwork/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear goggles in the woodwork room.[↗](../../woodwork/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is painting the woodwork white.[↗](../../woodwork/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The striker's shot hit the woodwork.[↗](../../woodwork/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · When I won the prize, long-lost cousins came out of the woodwork.[↗](../../woodwork/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Measure twice and cut once, the woodwork teacher said.[↗](../../woodwork/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The houses were called hotels; the woodwork on the windows and balconies was curiously carved.[↗](../../woodwork/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **woody** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Woody plants have hard stems made of wood, like trees and bushes.[↗](../../woody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A woody place has lots of trees.[↗](../../woody/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Woody can describe a taste or smell like wood.[↗](../../woody/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Trees and shrubs are woody plants.[↗](../../woody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cut off the woody end of the asparagus.[↗](../../woody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden had a woody corner full of oaks.[↗](../../woody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rosemary has a woody stem.[↗](../../woody/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old cupboard has a woody smell.[↗](../../woody/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grass is not woody; it bends easily.[↗](../../woody/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · High up, on the woody hillside, stood the new mansion.[↗](../../woody/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **wooer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A man who wants to marry a particular woman and pays her attention to win her.[↗](../../wooer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Many wooers came to the palace to try to win the princess.[↗](../../wooer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her wooers brought her gifts every day.[↗](../../wooer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's daughter sent away all her wooers but one.[↗](../../wooer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **woof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Woof is the sound a dog makes when it barks, written as a word.[↗](../../woof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A woof is one bark.[↗](../../woof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To woof is to bark like a dog.[↗](../../woof/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (weaving, also «weft») The woof is the set of threads that run across a piece of woven cloth.[↗](../../woof/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Woof\![↗](../../woof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Woof!» barked the puppy.[↗](../../woof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog gave a happy woof when we came home.[↗](../../woof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The big dog woofed at the postman.[↗](../../woof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Woof» is an onomatopoeia, like «meow» and «moo».[↗](../../woof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In weaving, the woof goes over and under the warp.[↗](../../woof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My baby sister says «woof» every time she sees a dog.[↗](../../woof/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Shuttle, weave both web and woof, Bring my love beneath my roof.’[↗](../../woof/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · or in the warp, or in the woof, whether they be of linen, or of wool; or in a skin, or in any thing made of skin.[↗](../../woof/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woof/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; (Torah LEV.13.53, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woof/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And if it appear still in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, it is breaking out, thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire.[↗](../../woof/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.57, JPS 1917)[↗](../../woof/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **wool** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Wool is the soft, thick hair of sheep and some other animals, like goats and alpacas.[↗](../../wool/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wool is also the yarn or cloth made from this hair, spun into thread to make warm clothes like jumpers, hats and scarves.[↗](../../wool/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Steel wool is a pad of thin metal threads for scrubbing.[↗](../../wool/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 5 balls of wool.[↗](../../wool/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each scarf needs 3 balls of wool.[↗](../../wool/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sheep gives 4 kg of wool a year.[↗](../../wool/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She used 40 m of wool for a hat.[↗](../../wool/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma knitted me a wool jumper.[↗](../../wool/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers shear the sheep to get their wool.[↗](../../wool/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Wool keeps you warm even when it is a little damp.[↗](../../wool/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitten played with a ball of wool.[↗](../../wool/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.[↗](../../wool/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.22.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wool/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · or in the warp, or in the woof, whether they be of linen, or of wool; or in a skin, or in any thing made of skin.[↗](../../wool/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.48, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wool/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.[↗](../../wool/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.59, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wool/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.[↗](../../wool/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wool/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.[↗](../../wool/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wool/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye did eat the fat, and ye clothed you with the wool, ye killed the fatlings; but ye fed not the sheep.[↗](../../wool/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.34.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../wool/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) … [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/27/) **28** [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/29/) … [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/34/) - ← previous: [page 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/27/) - next →: [page 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/page/29/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)