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. hout حَطَب дърво dřevo, ze dřeva træ; ved das Holz, Holz-... ξύλο, ξύλινος madera puu چوب puu (de) bois עֵץ लकड़ी drvo fa(anyag) kayu tré, viður legno 木材 목재, 목질 medis koks kayu hout tre, ved drewno madeira (de) lemn дерево; дрова drevo; z dreva les drvo trä, ved ทำด้วยไม้ odun, tahta 木頭 дерево لکڑی gỗ 木头

2 (often in plural) a group of growing trees They went for a walk in the woods. woud حُرش гора les skov der Wald δάσος (πληθ.) bosque mets جنگل؛ بیشه metsä bois חוֹרשָה जंगल šuma erdő hutan skógur bosco 森 숲, 삼림 miškas mežs hutan bos skog las bosque pădure лес les gozd drveće skog ป่าไม้ koru, koruluk 樹林 ліс جنگل rừng 树林

3 a golf-club whose head is made of wood. hout عَصا الغولف ذو رأسٍ خَشَبِيَّه стик с дървена глава hůl trækølle Golfschläger mit Holz ξύλινο μπαστούνι palo de madera (puuotsaga) golfikepp چوگان سر چوبی puumaila bois מַקֵל גוֹלף מִעֵץ लकड़ी štap za golf golfütő (fából) pemukul golf trékylfa manico, impugnatura ウッド 우드(공치는 부분이 나무로 된 클럽) (golfo) lazda diperbuat dari kayu golfclub met houten kop trekølle !!(rodzaj kija golfowego) taco de golfe crosă de golf клюшка с деревянной головкой palica vrsta palice za golf drveni štap za golf träklubba ไม้กอล์ฟชนิดหัวไม้ başı ağaç golf sopası 打高爾夫球的木制球棒 ключка для гри у гольф з گولف کلب جس کا سرا لکڑی کا ہوتا ہے gậy đánh gôn 打高尔夫球的木制球棒

adj ˈwooded

(of land) covered with trees a wooded hillside. boombegroeide مُغَطّى بالشَّجَر горист zalesněný skovklædt bewaldet δασωμένος arbolado metsane پر درخت؛ انبوه metsäinen boisé מְיוֹעָר वृक्षयुक्त drven erdős berhutan skógi vaxinn boscoso, boschivo 森のある 숲이 많은, 수목이 우거진 apaugęs medžiais mežiem apaudzis; mežiem bagāts; mežains hutan kecil bebost skogkledd lesisty arborizado împădurit лесистый zalesnený gozdnat pošumljen skogig, skogbevuxen, -klädd ปกคลุมด้วยไม้ ağaçlık, koruluk 長滿樹木的 лісистий درختوں سے گھرا ہوا bao phủ bởi cây 长满树木的

adj ˈwooden

made of wood three wooden chairs. houtagtige مَصنوع من الخَشَب дървен dřevěný træ- Holz-... ξύλινος de madera puust, puit- چوبی puu- en/de bois מִעֵץ लकड़ी का drven fából való, fa- dari kayu tré-, úr tré di legno 木製の 나무로 만든, 목재의 medinis koka- diperbuat daripada kayu houten tre- drewniany de madeira de/din lemn деревянный drevený lesen drveni av trä, trä- ทำด้วยไม้ tahtadan 木制的 дерев'яний لکڑی کا بنا ہوا bằng gỗ 木制的

adj ˈwoody

1 covered with trees woody countryside. boombegroeide مُغَطَّى بالأشْجار горист lesnatý skovklædt waldig δασώδης, δασωμένος arbolado metsane پر درخت metsäinen boisé מְיוֹעָר वृक्षयुक्त pošumljen erdős berhutan skógi vaxinn boscoso 木の茂った 숲이 우거진 apaugęs medžiais mežains; mežiem klāts berhutan bosrijk skogkledd/-rik lesisty, zalesiony arborizado împădurit лесистый lesnatý gozdnat pošumljen skogrik, skogig เต็มไปด้วยไม้ ağaçlık 樹木茂密的 лісистий درختوں سے گھرا ہوا bao bọc bởi cây 树木茂密的

2 (of a smell etc) of or like wood. houtagtig كالخَشَب като дърво (ze) dřeva træagtig holzig που είναι σαν του ξύλου leñoso puine چوب مانند puumainen de/du bois מֵעֵץ लकड़ी जैसा drvenast fás seperti kayu viðar- di legno 木の 나무 비슷한 medžio koka-; kokam līdzīgs bau seperti kayu bos{#169} ved-/treaktig leśny a/de madeira de lemn; lem­nos древесный drevnatý, drevitý po lesu drvenast träaktig, trä- เหมือนไม้ odunsu, odunumsu 木頭味 деревний لکڑی کی خوشبو bằng hoặc giống gỗ 木头味

n ˈwood carving

the art of carving wood. houtsneewerk حَفْر الخَشَب дърворезба řezbářství træskærerkunst das Holzschnitzen ξυλογλυπτική tallado en madera puunikerdus منبت کاری sculpture sur bois גִילוּף בְּעֵץ काष्ठकला rezbarenje fafaragás seni (intaglio in legno) 木彫 medžio drožyba/raižyba kokgriešana kayu pengukir houtsnijwerk treskjærerkunst; treskurd rzeźbienie w drewnie резьба по дереву rezbárstvo lesoreštvo drvorez träsnideri การแกะสลักไม้ tahta oymacılık 木雕 різьблення по дереву چوبی کندہ کاری nghề khắc gỗ 木雕

n ˈwoodcut

a print made by pressing a block of wood with design cut on it onto paper. houtsneewerk رَسْم مَطبوع من حَفْرٍ على خَشَب гравюра върху дърво štoček træsnit der Holzschnitt χαρακτικό, τυπωμένη ξυλογραφία grabado en madera puulõige حکاکی روی چوب planche חִיתוּך עֵץ काष्ठचित्र drvorez fametszet (klise dari) cukilan kayu silografia, xilografia 木版画 medžio raižinys ksilogrāfija potongan kayu houtsnede tresnitt drzeworyt ксилография drevorez lesorez duborez träsnitt แม่พิมพ์ทำด้วยไม้สำหรับพิมพ์เป็นรูปต่าง ๆ tahta basma kalıbı 木刻 гравюра на дереві لکڑی پر بنے ہوءے ڈیزاءن کو کاغذ پر اتارنا bản khắc gỗ 木刻

n ˈwoodcutter

a person whose job is felling trees. houtkapper حَطّاب، قاطِع الأشْجار дървосекач dřevorubec skovhugger der/die Holzfäller(in) ξυλοκόπος leñador metsalangetaja, puuraidur چوب بر؛ درخت انداز metsuri bûcheron/-onne חוֹטב עֵצִים लकड़हारा drvodjelja favágó penebang kayu skógarhöggsmaður boscaiolo, taglialegna 木こり 나무꾼 medkirtys mežacirtējs pemotong pokok houthakker tømmerhogger drwal lenhador tăietor de lemne дровосек drevorubač drvar drvoseča skogshuggare คนตัดไม้ oduncu 伐木工人 дроворуб لکڑہارا thợ đốn gỗ 伐木工人

n ˈwoodland

land covered with woods a stretch of woodland. woud أرْض مُشَجَّرَه، غابَه гориста местност zalesněný kraj, lesy skovområde das Waldland δασότοπος bosque metsamaastik سرزمین جنگلی metsämaa région boisée שֶטַח מְיוֹעָר वनस्थली šumovit kraj erdőség hutan skóglendi (terreno boscoso) 森林地帯 삼림 (지대) miškas meži; mežains apvidus hutan jarang bos skog(strekning) tereny leśne mata regiune împădurită лесной массив zalesnený kraj, lesy gozdnata pokrajina šumovit kraj skogsbygd, -mark, -trakt ป่าไม้ ormanlık bölge 林地（林區） лісиста місцевість لکڑیوں سے بھری ہوءی زمین rừng 林地（林区）

n ˈwoodlouse

a tiny creature with a jointed shell, found under stones etc. houtluis دُوَيبَه كَثيرَة الأرْجُل мокрица svinka bænkebider die Bohrassel ξυλόψειρα cochinilla mullakakand خر خاکی؛ شیشه چوب maasiira cloporte טְחַבִית काष्ठयुका obična mokrica fatetű kutu tanah grápadda onisco わらじ虫 쥐며느리(절지동물) vëdarëlis mitrene kutu kayu pissebed skrukketroll stonoga bicho-de-conta aselul-de-ziduri, crustaceu terestru care trăieşte sub pietre şi în locuri umede мокрица pavoš lesna uš vaš gråsugga สัตว์ที่มีเปลือกแข็ง และขาหลายคู่ tespih böceği 土鱉 стонога, мокриця ایک قسم کا چھوٹا کیڑا 土鳖

n ˈwoodpecker

a type of bird which pecks holes in the bark of trees, searching for insects. houtkapper نَقّار الخَشَب кълвач datel spætte der Specht δρυοκολάπτης pájaro carpintero rähn دارکوب tikka pic נָקַר कठफोड़वा djetlić harkály burung pelatuk spæta picchio きつつき 딱따구리 genys dzenis burung belatuk specht hakkespett dzięcioł pica-pau ciocănitoare дятел ďateľ detel detlić hackspett นกหัวขวาน ağaçkakan 啄木鳥 дятел ہد ہد chim gõ kiến 啄木鸟

n ˈwood pulp

pulp from wood that can be used for making paper. houtpulp لُباب الخَشَب дървесна каша celulóza, dřevovina savsmuld die Holzspäne ξυλοπολτός pulpa de madera خمیر چوب pulpe de bois קְלִיפַּת עֵץ लकड़ी की लुगदी drvena celuloza fapép bubur kayu (untuk kertas) cellulosa, (pasta di legno) 木材パルプ medienos masė pulpa pulpa kayu houtpulp, houtstof tremasse ścier drzewny древесная масса buničina; celulóza celuloza drvena kaša pappersmassa เยื่อไม้ที่นำไปทำกระดาษ kâğıt hamuru 木質紙漿 деревна маса, пульпа لکڑی کا ماوا جس سے کاغذ بنتا ہے bột gỗ 木质纸浆

n ˈwoodwind [-wind]

(in an orchestra, the group of people who play) wind instruments made of wood. houtblaas آلة من آلات النَّفْخ الموسيقِيَّه дървени духови инструменти dřevěné hudební nástroje træblæser(-gruppe) das Holzblasinstrument πνευστά όργανα instrumentos de viento de madera puupuhkpillid ساز های بادی چوبی puupuhaltimet bois כְּלִי נְשִיפָה מֵעֵץ लकड़ी का वाद्य यंत्र duhači fafúvósok alat musik tiup tréblásarasveitin (legni) 木管楽器 목관악기; (오케스트라의) 목관 악기부 mediniai pučiamieji instrumentai koka pūšamie instrumenti alat tiup kayu hout treblåseinstrument; treblåser(ne) instrumenty dęte drewniane (secção dos) sopros suflători духовые инструменты деревянные drevené dychové hudobné nástroje lesena pihala duvački instrument träblåsinstrument, träblåsare เครื่องดนตรีประเภทเครื่องเป่า nefesli çalgılar 木管樂器 дерев'яні духові інструменти لکڑی کا ہوا باجا các 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. houtwerk أشْغال الخَشَب дърводелство zpracování dřeva snedkerarbejde; tømrerarbejde die Holzarbeit ξυλουργική, ξυλοκοπτική carpintería puutöö نجاری puutyöt ébénisterie, menuiserie נַגָרוּת काष्ठशिल्प drvena građa famunka kerajinan kayu trésmíði carpenteria 木工 나무 세공, 목공예 staliaus darbas kokapstrāde; galdniecība kerja pertukangan kayu houtbewerking tresløyd/-arbeid stolarka carpintaria dulgherie, tâmplărie столярная работа; деревянные изделия práce z dreva mizarska dela, lesna obrt tesarski radovi snickeri, träslöjd สิ่งที่ทำจากไม้ โดยเฉพาะของภายในบ้าน เช่น กรอบประตู หน้าต่าง บันได marangozluk, doğramacılık 木制品 столярна робота چوب کاری nghề mộc 木制品

2 the wooden part of any structure The woodwork in the house is rotting. hout مَنْجور дървени части dřevěná konstrukce træværk das Holzwerk ξυλοκατασκευή maderaje puitosad قسمت چوبی ساختمان puurakenteet boiserie, charpente עֲבוֹדות עֵץ काष्ठकर्म drvenarija ácsmunka bagian dari kayu tréverk (parti in legno) 木造部 목조부 medinės statinio dalys koka daļas/elementi (ēkā u.tml.) bahagian berkayu houtwerk treverk stolarka madeirame piese de lemn деревянные части строения drevená konštrukcia leseni deli zgradbe drvenarija snickerier, träarbeten สิ่งที่ทำจากไม้ โดยเฉพาะของภายในบ้าน เช่น กรอบประตู หน้าต่าง บันได tahta işi 建筑中的木工活 дерев'яна частина будови کسی چیز کا چوبی حصہ phần 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. houtwurm سوس الخَشَب дървоядна ларва červotoč træorm der Holzwurm σαράκι carcoma kooreürask موریانه tupajumi ver du bois תוֹלַעַת עֵץ घुन crvotočina szú gendon maðkur, lirfa tarlo 木食い虫 나무 좀 medgrauþis kokgrauzis; mizgrauzis ulat kayu; bubuk houtworm tremark czerw drzewny bicho da madeira carie de lemn личинка древоточца červotoč lesni črv crv u drvetu trämask ตัวมอด tahta kurdu 蛀虫 шашіль لکڑی کا کیڑا con mọt 蛀虫

out of the wood(s)

out of danger. buite gevaar خارِج الخَطَر в безопасност mimo nebezpečí uden for fare über den Berg εκτός κινδύνου a salvo estar väljaspool ohtu از خطر جسته؛ رها از گرفتاری یا بحران turva tiré d'embarras לְהֵיחָלֵץ מִצָרוֹת खतरे से बाहर izvan opasnosti túl a veszélyen terlepas dari bahaya úr hættu (fuori pericolo) 危機を脱して 위기를 벗어나서 nebegresia pavojus drošībā keluar dari bahaya in veiligheid over det verste poza niebezpieczeństwem livre de perigo în afara peri­colului вне опасности mimo nebezpečenstva biti iz težav van opasnosti utom fara ไม่มีอันตราย tehlikeden kurtulmuş 脫离險境 в безпеці خطرے سے باہر thoát nạn 脱离险境