touch-wood
21wood — [[t]w ʊd[/t]] ♦♦ woods 1) N MASS Wood is the material which forms the trunks and branches of trees. Their dishes were made of wood... There was a smell of damp wood and machine oil. ...a short piece of wood. 2) N COUNT A wood is a fairly large… …
22wood — I. /wʊd / (say wood) noun 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other purposes;… …
23touch */*/*/ — I UK [tʌtʃ] / US verb Word forms touch : present tense I/you/we/they touch he/she/it touches present participle touching past tense touched past participle touched 1) [transitive] to put your hand or part of your body on someone or something Beth …
24touch — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more points. 2 tr. (often foll. by with) bring the hand etc. into contact with (touched her arm). 3 a intr. (of two things etc.) be in or come into contact with… …
25wood*/*/*/ — [wʊd] noun 1) [U] the substance that trees are made of, used for making furniture and other objects a piece of wood[/ex] a wood floor[/ex] tables made of wood[/ex] 2) [C] a small forest We walk the dog in the woods behind our house.[/ex] • touch… …
26wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
27wood — ag·al·wood; ag·i·la·wood; al·oes·wood; al·oe·wood; arrow·wood; bay·wood; black·wood; body·wood; bra·zil·wood; bum·wood; burk·wood; cam·wood; chemi·ground·wood; co·cus·wood; hea·zle·wood·ite; hol·ly·wood·ish; hol·ly·wood·ite; hol·ly·wood·ize;… …
28touch/knock onwood — This humorous expression, based on superstition, is used to avoid bad luck, often while touching something made of wood. The order will be confirmed shortly touch wood! …
29touch (or chiefly N. Amer. knock on) wood — touch something wooden to ward off bad luck. → wood …
30Touch pieces — are coins and medals that have attracted superstitious beliefs, such as those with holes in them or those with particular designs. Such pieces were believed to cure disease, bring good luck, influence peoples behavior, carry out a specific… …
