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Wound

//wyːnd// noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    put in a coil wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

    "The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine."

  2. 2
    the act of inflicting a wound wordnet
  3. 3
    A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. figuratively

    "It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult."

  4. 4
    a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat wordnet
  5. 5
    An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
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  1. 6
    a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) wordnet
  2. 7
    an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin. transitive

    "The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued."

  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of wind form-of, participle, past

    "“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”"

  3. 3
    cause injuries or bodily harm to wordnet
  4. 4
    To hurt (a person's feelings). transitive

    "The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival."

  5. 5
    hurt the feelings of wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.

Etymology 2

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.

Etymology 3

See wind (Etymology 2)

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