Wood

Wood  (wd), Grant 1892-1942.

American artist noted for his paintings based on life in the Midwest, especially American Gothic (1930).

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wood ¹  (wd)

n.

1.

a. The secondary xylem of trees and shrubs, lying beneath the bark and consisting largely of cellulose and lignin.

b. This tissue, often cut and dried especially for use as building material and fuel.

2.

a. A dense growth of trees or underbrush covering a relatively small or confined area. Often used in the plural.

b. A forest. Often used in the plural.

3. An object made of wood, especially:

a. Music A woodwind.

b. Sports Any of a series of golf clubs used to hit long shots, having a bulbous head made chiefly of wood, metal, or graphite, and numbered one to five in order of increasing loft.

v. wood·ed, wood·ing, woods

v.tr.

1. To fuel with wood.

2. To cover with trees; forest.

v.intr.

To gather or be supplied with wood.

adj.

1. Made or consisting of wood; wooden.

2. Used or suitable for cutting, storing, or working with wood.

3. woods Living, growing, or present in forests: woods animals; a woods path.

Idiom:

out of the woods Informal

Free of a difficult or hazardous situation; in a position of safety or security.

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[Middle English wode, from Old English wudu.]

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wood ²  (wd)

adj. Archaic

Mentally unbalanced; insane.

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[Middle English, from Old English wd; see wet-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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wood

Noun

1. the hard fibrous substance beneath the bark in trees and shrubs, which is used in building and carpentry and as fuel Related adjective ligneous

2. an area of trees growing together that is smaller than a forest: a track leading into a wood Related adjective sylvan

3. Golf a long-shafted club with a wooden head

Adjective

made of, using, or for use with wood: wood fires

See also woods [Old English widu, wudu]

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wood  (wd)

The thick xylem of trees and shrubs, resulting from secondary growth by the vascular cambium, which produces new layers of living xylem. The accumulated living xylem is the sapwood. The older, dead xylem in the interior of the tree forms the heartwood. Often each cycle of growth of new wood is evident as a growth ring. The main components of wood are cellulose and lignin.

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woody adjective

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Wood

See also plants; trees

hylephobia

an intense dislike for wood.

hylomania

a mania for wood.

joinery

the skill, craft, or trade of a joiner or carpenter; woodworking. — joiner, n.

lignification

the process of turning into wood or becoming woodlike.

marquetry

a form of decoration, often used in furniture-making, composed of inlays of wood veneers of different colors.

parquetry

mosaic work in wood, a form of marquetry, used mostly for floors and wainscoting.

poker painting

xylopyrography.

turnery

the process or craft of fashioning wood on a lathe.

xylology

a branch of dendrology that studies the structure of wood.

xylomancy

a form of divination involving small pieces of wood.

xylopyrography

the art or technique of producing a picture or design on a piece of wood by burning it with a heated, pointed instrument. Also called poker painting.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction bentwood - wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture; "bentwood chairs" chopping block - a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split spindle - a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc. pine - straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus larch - wood of a larch tree fir - nonresinous wood of a fir tree cedarwood, cedar - durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests spruce - light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork hemlock - soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus redwood - the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees sandarac, citronwood - durable fragrant wood; used in building (as in the roof of the cathedral at Cordova, Spain) kauri - white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis yellowwood - the yellow wood of any of various yellowwood trees yew - wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows lancewood - durable straight-grained wood of the lacewood tree; used for building and cabinetwork and tools true tulipwood, whitewood, yellow poplar, tulipwood, white poplar - light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer zebrawood - handsomely striped or mottled wood of the zebrawood tree; used especially for cabinetwork cocoswood, cocuswood, granadilla wood - wood of the granadilla tree used for making musical instruments especially clarinets shittimwood - wood of the shittah tree used to make the ark of the Hebrew Tabernacle sabicu, sabicu wood - the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany bamboo - the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles tulipwood - the variegated or showily striped ornamental wood of various tulipwood trees balsa, balsa wood - strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats silver quandong - pale easily worked timber from the quandong tree obeche - the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering basswood, linden - soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork beefwood - any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae; some used for cabinetwork briarwood, brier-wood, brierwood - wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes beechwood, beech - wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles chestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea oak - the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring birch - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood alder - wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc hazel - the fine-grained wood of a hazelnut tree (genus Corylus) and the hazel tree (Australian genus Pomaderris) olive - hard yellow often variegated wood of an olive tree; used in cabinetwork ash - strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats ironwood - exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees walnut - hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling hickory - valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees pecan - wood of a pecan tree pyinma - relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous
	2.	wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area forest, woods botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" bosk - a small wooded area grove - a small growth of trees without underbrush jungle - an impenetrable equatorial forest rain forest, rainforest - a forest with heavy annual rainfall underbrush, undergrowth, underwood - the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms old growth, virgin forest - forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity second growth - a second growth of trees covering an area where the original stand was destroyed by fire or cutting
	3.	Wood - United States film actress (1938-1981) Natalie Wood
	4.	Wood - English conductor (1869-1944)         Sir Henry Joseph Wood, Sir Henry Wood
	5.	Wood - English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887) Ellen Price Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood
	6.	Wood - United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942) Grant Wood
	7.	wood - any wind instrument other than the brass instruments woodwind, woodwind instrument beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed finger hole - one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it flute, transverse flute - a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown thumbhole - the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
	8.	wood - a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" brassie - (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon number one wood, driver - a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee golf-club, golf club, club - golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball metal wood - golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head spoon - formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face

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wood

noun 1. timber, planks, planking, lumber U.S.

noun 2. (also: woods)woodland, trees, forest, grove, hurst (archaic) thicket, copse, coppice, bushland

3. firewood, fuel, logs, kindling out of the wood(s) (used in negative constructions) safe, clear, secure, in the clear, out of danger, home and dry Brit. (slang) safe and sound >> adjectives ligneous, sylvan

Translations

wood [wud] n (= timber) → madera (= forest); bosque m

cpd → de madera

wood [wud] n (= timber, forest) → bois m

cpd → de bois, en bois

wood [wud] n (= timber) → Holz nt;

(forest) → Wald m

cpd → Holz-

wood [wud] n → legno (= timber); legname m (= forest); bosco

cpd → di bosco, silvestre

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wood

n wood [wud]

1 (also adjective) (of) the material of which the trunk and branches of trees are composed My desk is (made of) wood; She gathered some wood for the fire; I like the smell of a wood fire.houtحَطَبдървоdřevo, ze dřevatræ; veddas Holz, Holz-...ξύλο, ξύλινοςmaderapuuچوبpuu(de) boisעֵץलकड़ीdrvofa(anyag)kayutré, viðurlegno木材목재, 목질mediskokskayuhouttre, veddrewnomadeira(de) lemnдерево; дроваdrevo; z drevalesdrvoträ, vedทำด้วยไม้odun, tahta木頭деревоلکڑیgỗ木头

2 (often in plural) a group of growing trees They went for a walk in the woods.woudحُرشгораlesskovder Waldδάσος (πληθ.)bosquemetsجنگل؛ بیشهmetsäboisחוֹרשָהजंगलšumaerdőhutanskógurbosco森숲, 삼림miškasmežshutanbosskoglasbosquepădureлесlesgozddrvećeskogป่าไม้koru, koruluk樹林лісجنگلrừng树林

3 a golf-club whose head is made of wood. houtعَصا الغولف ذو رأسٍ خَشَبِيَّهстик с дървена главаhůltrækølleGolfschläger mit Holzξύλινο μπαστούνιpalo de madera(puuotsaga) golfikeppچوگان سر چوبیpuumailaboisמַקֵל גוֹלף מִעֵץलकड़ीštap za golfgolfütő (fából)pemukul golftrékylfamanico, impugnaturaウッド우드(공치는 부분이 나무로 된 클럽)(golfo) lazdadiperbuat dari kayugolfclub met houten koptrekølle!!(rodzaj kija golfowego)taco de golfecrosă de golfклюшка с деревянной головкойpalicavrsta palice za golfdrveni štap za golfträklubbaไม้กอล์ฟชนิดหัวไม้başı ağaç golf sopası打高爾夫球的木制球棒ключка для гри у гольф зگولف کلب جس کا سرا لکڑی کا ہوتا ہےgậy đánh gôn打高尔夫球的木制球棒

adj ˈwooded

(of land) covered with trees a wooded hillside.boombegroeideمُغَطّى بالشَّجَرгористzalesněnýskovklædtbewaldetδασωμένοςarboladometsaneپر درخت؛ انبوهmetsäinenboiséמְיוֹעָרवृक्षयुक्तdrvenerdősberhutanskógi vaxinnboscoso, boschivo森のある숲이 많은, 수목이 우거진apaugęs medžiaismežiem apaudzis; mežiem bagāts; mežainshutan kecilbebostskogkleddlesistyarborizadoîmpăduritлесистыйzalesnenýgozdnatpošumljenskogig, skogbevuxen, -kläddปกคลุมด้วยไม้ağaçlık, koruluk長滿樹木的лісистийدرختوں سے گھرا ہواbao phủ bởi cây长满树木的

adj ˈwooden

made of wood three wooden chairs.houtagtigeمَصنوع من الخَشَبдървенdřevěnýtræ-Holz-...ξύλινοςde maderapuust, puit-چوبیpuu-en/de boisמִעֵץलकड़ी काdrvenfából való, fa-dari kayutré-, úr trédi legno木製の나무로 만든, 목재의mediniskoka-diperbuat daripada kayuhoutentre-drewnianyde madeirade/din lemnдеревянныйdrevenýlesendrveniav trä, trä-ทำด้วยไม้tahtadan木制的дерев'янийلکڑی کا بنا ہواbằng gỗ木制的

adj ˈwoody

1 covered with trees woody countryside.boombegroeideمُغَطَّى بالأشْجارгористlesnatýskovklædtwaldigδασώδης, δασωμένοςarboladometsaneپر درختmetsäinenboiséמְיוֹעָרवृक्षयुक्तpošumljenerdősberhutanskógi vaxinnboscoso木の茂った숲이 우거진apaugęs medžiaismežains; mežiem klātsberhutanbosrijkskogkledd/-riklesisty, zalesionyarborizadoîmpăduritлесистыйlesnatýgozdnatpošumljenskogrik, skogigเต็มไปด้วยไม้ağaçlık樹木茂密的лісистийدرختوں سے گھرا ہواbao bọc bởi cây树木茂密的

2 (of a smell etc) of or like wood. houtagtigكالخَشَبкато дърво(ze) dřevatræagtigholzigπου είναι σαν του ξύλουleñosopuineچوب مانندpuumainende/du boisמֵעֵץलकड़ी जैसाdrvenastfásseperti kayuviðar-di legno木の나무 비슷한medžiokoka-; kokam līdzīgsbau seperti kayubos{#169}ved-/treaktigleśnya/de madeirade lemn; lem­nosдревесныйdrevnatý, drevitýpo lesudrvenastträaktig, trä-เหมือนไม้odunsu, odunumsu木頭味деревнийلکڑی کی خوشبوbằng hoặc giống gỗ木头味

n ˈwood carving

the art of carving wood. houtsneewerkحَفْر الخَشَبдърворезбаřezbářstvítræskærerkunstdas Holzschnitzenξυλογλυπτικήtallado en maderapuunikerdusمنبت کاریsculpture sur boisגִילוּף בְּעֵץकाष्ठकलाrezbarenjefafaragásseni(intaglio in legno)木彫medžio drožyba/raižybakokgriešanakayu pengukirhoutsnijwerktreskjærerkunst; treskurdrzeźbienie w drewnieрезьба по деревуrezbárstvolesoreštvodrvorezträsnideriการแกะสลักไม้tahta oymacılık木雕різьблення по деревуچوبی کندہ کاریnghề khắc gỗ木雕

n ˈwoodcut

a print made by pressing a block of wood with design cut on it onto paper. houtsneewerkرَسْم مَطبوع من حَفْرٍ على خَشَبгравюра върху дървоštočektræsnitder Holzschnittχαρακτικό, τυπωμένη ξυλογραφίαgrabado en maderapuulõigeحکاکی روی چوبplancheחִיתוּך עֵץकाष्ठचित्रdrvorezfametszet(klise dari) cukilan kayusilografia, xilografia木版画medžio raižinysksilogrāfijapotongan kayuhoutsnedetresnittdrzeworytксилографияdrevorezlesorezduborezträsnittแม่พิมพ์ทำด้วยไม้สำหรับพิมพ์เป็นรูปต่าง ๆtahta basma kalıbı木刻гравюра на деревіلکڑی پر بنے ہوءے ڈیزاءن کو کاغذ پر اتارناbản khắc gỗ木刻

n ˈwoodcutter

a person whose job is felling trees. houtkapperحَطّاب، قاطِع الأشْجارдървосекачdřevorubecskovhuggerder/die Holzfäller(in)ξυλοκόποςleñadormetsalangetaja, puuraidurچوب بر؛ درخت اندازmetsuribûcheron/-onneחוֹטב עֵצִיםलकड़हाराdrvodjeljafavágópenebang kayuskógarhöggsmaðurboscaiolo, taglialegna木こり나무꾼medkirtysmežacirtējspemotong pokokhouthakkertømmerhoggerdrwallenhadortăietor de lemneдровосекdrevorubačdrvardrvosečaskogshuggareคนตัดไม้oduncu伐木工人дроворубلکڑہاراthợ đốn gỗ伐木工人

n ˈwoodland

land covered with woods a stretch of woodland.woudأرْض مُشَجَّرَه، غابَهгориста местностzalesněný kraj, lesyskovområdedas Waldlandδασότοποςbosquemetsamaastikسرزمین جنگلیmetsämaarégion boiséeשֶטַח מְיוֹעָרवनस्थलीšumovit krajerdőséghutanskóglendi(terreno boscoso)森林地帯삼림 (지대)miškasmeži; mežains apvidushutan jarangbosskog(strekning)tereny leśnemataregiune împădurităлесной массивzalesnený kraj, lesygozdnata pokrajinašumovit krajskogsbygd, -mark, -traktป่าไม้ormanlık bölge林地（林區）лісиста місцевістьلکڑیوں سے بھری ہوءی زمینrừng林地（林区）

n ˈwoodlouse

a tiny creature with a jointed shell, found under stones etc. houtluisدُوَيبَه كَثيرَة الأرْجُلмокрицаsvinkabænkebiderdie Bohrasselξυλόψειραcochinillamullakakandخر خاکی؛ شیشه چوبmaasiiracloporteטְחַבִיתकाष्ठयुकाobična mokricafatetűkutu tanahgrápaddaoniscoわらじ虫쥐며느리(절지동물)vëdarëlismitrenekutu kayupissebedskrukketrollstonogabicho-de-contaaselul-de-ziduri, crustaceu terestru care trăieşte sub pietre şi în locuri umedeмокрицаpavošlesna ušvašgråsuggaสัตว์ที่มีเปลือกแข็ง และขาหลายคู่tespih böceği土鱉стонога, мокрицяایک قسم کا چھوٹا کیڑا土鳖

n ˈwoodpecker

a type of bird which pecks holes in the bark of trees, searching for insects. houtkapperنَقّار الخَشَبкълвачdatelspætteder Spechtδρυοκολάπτηςpájaro carpinterorähnدارکوبtikkapicנָקַרकठफोड़वाdjetlićharkályburung pelatukspætapicchioきつつき딱따구리genysdzenisburung belatukspechthakkespettdzięciołpica-pauciocănitoareдятелďateľdeteldetlićhackspettนกหัวขวานağaçkakan啄木鳥дятелہد ہدchim gõ kiến啄木鸟

n ˈwood pulp

pulp from wood that can be used for making paper. houtpulpلُباب الخَشَبдървесна кашаcelulóza, dřevovinasavsmulddie Holzspäneξυλοπολτόςpulpa de maderaخمیر چوبpulpe de boisקְלִיפַּת עֵץलकड़ी की लुगदीdrvena celulozafapépbubur kayu (untuk kertas)cellulosa, (pasta di legno)木材パルプmedienos masėpulpapulpa kayuhoutpulp, houtstoftremasseścier drzewnyдревесная массаbuničina; celulózacelulozadrvena kašapappersmassaเยื่อไม้ที่นำไปทำกระดาษkâğıt hamuru木質紙漿деревна маса, пульпаلکڑی کا ماوا جس سے کاغذ بنتا ہےbột gỗ木质纸浆

n ˈwoodwind [-wind]

(in an orchestra, the group of people who play) wind instruments made of wood. houtblaasآلة من آلات النَّفْخ الموسيقِيَّهдървени духови инструментиdřevěné hudební nástrojetræblæser(-gruppe)das Holzblasinstrumentπνευστά όργαναinstrumentos de viento de maderapuupuhkpillidساز های بادی چوبیpuupuhaltimetboisכְּלִי נְשִיפָה מֵעֵץलकड़ी का वाद्य यंत्रduhačifafúvósokalat musik tiuptréblásarasveitin(legni)木管楽器목관악기; (오케스트라의) 목관 악기부mediniai pučiamieji instrumentaikoka pūšamie instrumentialat tiup kayuhouttreblåseinstrument; treblåser(ne)instrumenty dęte drewniane(secção dos) soprossuflătoriдуховые инструменты деревянныеdrevené dychové hudobné nástrojelesena pihaladuvački instrumentträblåsinstrument, träblåsareเครื่องดนตรีประเภทเครื่องเป่าnefesli çalgılar木管樂器дерев'яні духові інструментиلکڑی کا ہوا باجاcác nhạc cụ hơi làm bằng gỗ木管乐器

n ˈwoodwork

1 the art of making things from wood; carpentry He did woodwork at school.houtwerkأشْغال الخَشَبдърводелствоzpracování dřevasnedkerarbejde; tømrerarbejdedie Holzarbeitξυλουργική, ξυλοκοπτικήcarpinteríapuutööنجاریpuutyötébénisterie, menuiserieנַגָרוּתकाष्ठशिल्पdrvena građafamunkakerajinan kayutrésmíðicarpenteria木工나무 세공, 목공예staliaus darbaskokapstrāde; galdniecībakerja pertukangan kayuhoutbewerkingtresløyd/-arbeidstolarkacarpintariadulgherie, tâmplărieстолярная работа; деревянные изделияpráce z drevamizarska dela, lesna obrttesarski radovisnickeri, träslöjdสิ่งที่ทำจากไม้ โดยเฉพาะของภายในบ้าน เช่น กรอบประตู หน้าต่าง บันไดmarangozluk, doğramacılık木制品столярна роботаچوب کاریnghề mộc木制品

2 the wooden part of any structure The woodwork in the house is rotting.houtمَنْجورдървени частиdřevěná konstrukcetræværkdas Holzwerkξυλοκατασκευήmaderajepuitosadقسمت چوبی ساختمانpuurakenteetboiserie, charpenteעֲבוֹדות עֵץकाष्ठकर्मdrvenarijaácsmunkabagian dari kayutréverk(parti in legno)木造部목조부medinės statinio dalyskoka daļas/elementi (ēkā u.tml.)bahagian berkayuhoutwerktreverkstolarkamadeiramepiese de lemnдеревянные части строенияdrevená konštrukcialeseni deli zgradbedrvenarijasnickerier, träarbetenสิ่งที่ทำจากไม้ โดยเฉพาะของภายในบ้าน เช่น กรอบประตู หน้าต่าง บันไดtahta işi建筑中的木工活дерев'яна частина будовиکسی چیز کا چوبی حصہphần gỗ建筑中的木工活

n ˈwoodworm

the larva of a certain type of beetle, which bores into wood and destroys it. houtwurmسوس الخَشَبдървоядна ларваčervotočtræormder Holzwurmσαράκιcarcomakooreüraskموریانهtupajumiver du boisתוֹלַעַת עֵץघुनcrvotočinaszúgendonmaðkur, lirfatarlo木食い虫나무 좀medgrauþiskokgrauzis; mizgrauzisulat kayu; bubukhoutwormtremarkczerw drzewnybicho da madeiracarie de lemnличинка древоточцаčervotočlesni črvcrv u drvetuträmaskตัวมอดtahta kurdu蛀虫шашільلکڑی کا کیڑاcon mọt蛀虫

out of the wood(s)

out of danger. buite gevaarخارِج الخَطَرв безопасностmimo nebezpečíuden for fareüber den Bergεκτός κινδύνουa salvo estarväljaspool ohtuاز خطر جسته؛ رها از گرفتاری یا بحرانturvatiré d'embarrasלְהֵיחָלֵץ מִצָרוֹתखतरे से बाहरizvan opasnostitúl a veszélyenterlepas dari bahayaúr hættu(fuori pericolo)危機を脱して위기를 벗어나서nebegresia pavojusdrošībākeluar dari bahayain veiligheidover det verstepoza niebezpieczeństwemlivre de perigoîn afara peri­coluluiвне опасностиmimo nebezpečenstvabiti iz težavvan opasnostiutom faraไม่มีอันตรายtehlikeden kurtulmuş脫离險境в безпеціخطرے سے باہرthoát nạn脱离险境