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As a noun mouse

is any small rodent of the genus mus .

As a verb mouse

is to move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around ).

As a proper noun wood is

an english topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood.

mouse

English

Noun

(mice)
  • Any small rodent of the genus Mus .
  • *
  • *:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
  • (lb) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.
  • A quiet or shy person.
  • (lb) (plural'' mice''' ''or, rarely,'' ' mouses ) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.
  • (lb) Hematoma.
  • (lb) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straighening out.
  • (lb)
  • :(Shakespeare)
  • A match used in firing guns or blasting.
  • (lb) A small model of (a fragment of) (Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory) with desirable properties (depending on the context).

    • Hypernyms

    * (small rodent) rodent

    Coordinate terms

    * (small rodent) rat * (input device) joystick, trackpad, trackball, pointing stick

    Derived terms

    * (as) quiet as a mouse * cat and mouse * church mouse * deer mouse * dormouse * fieldmouse * house mouse * kangaroo mouse * mouseable, mousable * mouse button * mouse click * mouse-ear * mouse mat * mouse pad * mouser * mousetrap * mousy * optical mouse * play cat and mouse * poor as a church mouse * when the cat's away the mice will play

    Verb

    (mous)
  • To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around ).
  • To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats.
  • (nautical) To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.
    • Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.
  • (computing) To navigate by means of a computer mouse.
  • * 1988 , MacUser: Volume 4
    • I had just moused to the File menu and the pull-down menu repeated the menu bar's hue a dozen shades lighter.
  • * 2009 , Daniel Tunkelang, Faceted Search (page 35)
    • Unlike the Flamenco work, the Relation Browser allows users to quickly explore a document space using dynamic queries issued by mousing over facet elements in the interface.
  • (obsolete, nonce, transitive) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.
  • * Shakespeare
    • [Death] mousing the flesh of men.

    Derived terms

    * mouse around * mouse over * mouser

    Related terms

    * muscle * mussel

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    wood

    English

    (wikipedia wood)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) wode, from (etyl) wudu, (Danish and Swedish ved) .

    Noun

  • (uncountable) 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.
  • * (John Milton)
    • to worship their own work in wood and stone for gods
  • (countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
  • (countable) A forested or wooded area.
  • * (William Shakespeare), The Tragedy of (Macbeth)
    • Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him.
  • Firewood.
  • * , chapter=8
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
  • (countable, golf) A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
  • (music) A woodwind instrument.
  • (uncountable, slang) An erection.
  • (chess, uncountable, slang) Chess pieces.
  • * 1971 , Chess Life & Review (volume 26, page 309)
    • White has nothing but a lot of frozen wood on the board while Black operates on the Q-side.
    Usage notes
    In the sense of "a forested area", the singular generally refers to a discrete area of forest, while the plural is often used when a more vaguely defined area is meant.
    Synonyms
    * timber
    Derived terms
    * bentwood * driftwood * greasewood * hardwood * heartwood * kingwood * knock on wood * ironwood * olivewood * out of the woods * purplewood * saw wood * softwood * whitewood * woodchopper * woodcock * wooded * wooden * woodpecker * woody

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (rfv-sense) Made of or with wood .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.}}
    Synonyms
    * wooden

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or plant with 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.

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl), from (etyl) . See the full etymology at wode .

    Alternative forms

    * wode

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
    • Derived terms
    * wood-wroth * woodness

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A peckerwood.
  • * 2009 , Brendan Joel Kelly, " Pride vs. Power", The Phoenix New Times :
    • Other than shout-outs to fellow "woods ," I found no references on their record to racism, and after getting to know the members, I think Woodpile's message is the opposite of what the L.A. Times construed it to be — they want to bring hardcore white guys to rap music, rather than alienating anyone of any race.
  • * 2011 , Christian Workman, Black Boxed: Coming of Age Behind Prison Walls :
    • The only thing is, even though there are ways to remain neutral, to just be a wood and not get caught up in the white supremacist gang stuff, you do have to take a side if things get bad.

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