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1  [woond; Older Use and Literary wound]
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–noun
1. an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
2. a similar injury to the tissue of a plant.
3. an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to inflict a wound upon; injure; hurt.
–verb (used without object)
5. to inflict a wound.
—Idiom
6. lick one's wounds, to attempt to heal one's injuries or soothe one's hurt feelings after a defeat.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE wund; c. OHG wunta (G Wunde), ON und, Goth wunds; (v.) ME wounden, OE wundian, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
wound⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
wound⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. cut, stab, laceration, lesion, trauma. See injury. 3. insult, pain, anguish. 4. harm, damage; cut, stab, lacerate.
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wound

2  [wound]
–verb
a pt. and pp. of wind 2 and wind 3 .

wind

1  [n. wind, Literary wahynd; v. wind]
–noun
1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth's surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast.
2. a gale; storm; hurricane.
3. any stream of air, as that produced by a bellows or fan.
4. air that is blown or forced to produce a musical sound in singing or playing an instrument.
5. wind instrument.
6. wind instruments collectively.
7. the winds, the members of an orchestra or band who play the wind instruments.
8. breath or breathing: to catch one's wind.
9. the power of breathing freely, as during continued exertion.
10. any influential force or trend: strong winds of public opinion.
11. a hint or intimation: to catch wind of a stock split.
12. air carrying an animal's odor or scent.
13. solar wind.
14. empty talk; mere words.
15. vanity; conceitedness.
16. gas generated in the stomach and intestines.
17. Boxing Slang. the pit of the stomach where a blow may cause a temporary shortness of breath; solar plexus.
18. any direction of the compass.
19. a state of unconcern, recklessness, or abandon: to throw all caution to the winds.
–verb (used with object)
20. to expose to wind or air.
21. to follow by the scent.
22. to make short of wind or breath, as by vigorous exercise.
23. to let recover breath, as by resting after exertion.
–verb (used without object)
24. to catch the scent or odor of game.
—Idioms
25. between wind and water,
a. (of a ship) at or near the water line.
b. in a vulnerable or precarious spot: In her profession one is always between wind and water.
26. break wind, to expel gas from the stomach and bowels through the anus.
27. how the wind blows or lies, what the tendency or probability is: Try to find out how the wind blows. Also, which way the wind blows.
28. in the teeth of the wind, sailing directly into the wind; against the wind. Also, in the eye of the wind, in the wind's eye.
29. in the wind, about to occur; imminent; impending: There's good news in the wind.
30. off the wind,
a. away from the wind; with the wind at one's back.
b. (of a sailing vessel) headed into the wind with sails shaking or aback.
31. on the wind, as close as possible to the wind. Also, on a wind.
32. sail close to the wind,
a. Also, sail close on a wind. to sail as nearly as possible in the direction from which the wind is blowing.
b. to practice economy in the management of one's affairs.
c. to verge on a breach of propriety or decency.
d. to escape (punishment, detection, etc.) by a narrow margin; take a risk.
33. take the wind out of one's sails, to surprise someone, esp. with unpleasant news; stun; shock; flabbergast: She took the wind out of his sails when she announced she was marrying someone else.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME (n.), OE; c. D, G Wind, ON vindr, Goth winds, L ventus

Synonyms:
1. Wind, air, zephyr, breeze, blast, gust refer to a quantity of air set in motion naturally. Wind applies to any such air in motion, blowing with whatever degree of gentleness or violence. Air, usually poetical, applies to a very gentle motion of the air. Zephyr, also poetical, refers to an air characterized by its soft, mild quality. A breeze is usually a cool, light wind. Blast and gust apply to quick, forceful winds of short duration; blast implies a violent rush of air, often a cold one, whereas a gust is little more than a flurry. 16. flatulence.

wind

2  [wahynd] verb, wound or (Rare) wind⋅ed  [wahyn-did] ; wind⋅ing; noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to change direction; bend; turn; take a frequently bending course; meander: The river winds through the forest.
2. to have a circular or spiral course or direction.
3. to coil or twine about something: The ivy winds around the house.
4. to proceed circuitously or indirectly.
5. to undergo winding or winding up.
6. to be twisted or warped, as a board.
–verb (used with object)
7. to encircle or wreathe, as with something twined, wrapped, or placed about.
8. to roll or coil (thread, string, etc.) into a ball, on a spool, or the like (often fol. by up).
9. to remove or take off by unwinding (usually fol. by off or from): She wound the thread off the bobbin.
10. to twine, fold, wrap, or place about something.
11. to make (a mechanism) operational by tightening the mainspring with a key (often fol. by up): to wind a clock; to wind up a toy.
12. to haul or hoist by means of a winch, windlass, or the like (often fol. by up).
13. to make (one's or its way) in a bending or curving course: The stream winds its way through the woods.
14. to make (one's or its way) by indirect, stealthy, or devious procedure: to wind one's way into another's confidence.
–noun
15. the act of winding.
16. a single turn, twist, or bend of something wound: If you give it another wind, you'll break the mainspring.
17. a twist producing an uneven surface.
—Verb phrases
18. wind down,
a. to lessen in intensity so as to bring or come to a gradual end: The war is winding down.
b. to calm down; relax: He's too excited tonight to wind down and sleep.
19. wind up,
a. to bring to a state of great tension; excite (usually used in the past participle): He was all wound up before the game.
b. to bring or come to an end; conclude: to wind up a sales campaign.
c. to settle or arrange in order to conclude: to wind up one's affairs.
d. to become ultimately: to wind up as a country schoolteacher.
e. Baseball. (of a pitcher) to execute a windup.
—Idiom
20. out of wind, (of boards, plasterwork, etc.) flat and true.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME winden, OE windan; c. D, G winden, ON vinda, Goth -windan; akin to wend, wander

wind

3  [wahynd, wind]
–verb (used with object), wind⋅ed or wound, wind⋅ing.
1. to blow (a horn, a blast, etc.).
2. to sound by blowing.
3. to signal or direct by blasts of the horn or the like.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; special use of wind 1
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wind 2   (wīnd)   
v.   wound (wound), wind·ing, winds

v.   tr.
  1. To wrap (something) around a center or another object once or repeatedly: wind string around a spool.
  2. To wrap or encircle (an object) in a series of coils; entwine: wound her injured leg with a bandage; wound the waist of the gown with lace and ribbons.
    1. To go along (a curving or twisting course): wind a path through the mountains.
    2. To proceed on (one's way) with a curving or twisting course.
    3. To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example: wind a watch.
    4. To coil (thread, for example), as onto a spool or into a ball.
    5. To remove or unwind (thread, for example), as from a spool: wound the line off the reel.
  4. To introduce in a disguised or devious manner; insinuate: He wound a plea for money into his letter.
  5. To turn (a crank, for example) in a series of circular motions.
    1. To coil the spring of (a mechanism) by turning a stem or cord, for example: wind a watch.
    2. To coil (thread, for example), as onto a spool or into a ball.
    3. To remove or unwind (thread, for example), as from a spool: wound the line off the reel.
  7. To lift or haul by means of a windlass or winch: Wind the pail to the top of the well.
v.   intr.
  1. To move in or have a curving or twisting course: a river winding through a valley.
    1. To move in or have a spiral or circular course: a column of smoke winding into the sky.
    2. To be coiled or spiraled: The vine wound about the trellis.
  3. To be twisted or whorled into curved forms.
  4. To proceed misleadingly or insidiously in discourse or conduct.
  5. To become wound: a clock that winds with difficulty.
n.  
  1. The act of winding.
  2. A single turn, twist, or curve.
Phrasal Verb(s):
wind down Informal
  1. To diminish gradually in energy, intensity, or scope: The party wound down as guests began to leave.
  2. To relax; unwind.
wind up
  1. To come or bring to a finish; end: when the meeting wound up; wind up a project.
  2. To put in order; settle: wound up her affairs before leaving the country.
  3. Informal To arrive in a place or situation after or because of a course of action: took a long walk and wound up at the edge of town; overspent and wound up in debt.
  4. Baseball To swing back the arm and raise the foot in preparation for pitching the ball.

[Middle English winden, from Old English windan.]
wind 3   (wīnd, wĭnd)   
tr.v.   wind·ed (wīn'dĭd, wĭn'-) or wound (wound), wind·ing, winds Music
  1. To blow (a wind instrument).
  2. To sound by blowing.

[From wind1.]
wind'er n.
wound 1   (wōōnd)   
n.  
  1. An injury, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.
  2. An injury to the feelings.
v.   wound·ed, wound·ing, wounds

v.   tr.
To inflict wounds or a wound on.
v.   intr.
To inflict wounds or a wound: harsh criticism that wounds.

[Middle English, from Old English wund; see wen-2 in Indo-European roots.]
wound'ed·ly adv., wound'ing·ly adv.
wound 2   (wound)   
v.  Past tense and past participle of wind2.
wound 3   (wound)   
v.   Music
A past tense and a past participle of wind3.
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Wound

Wound\, imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.

Wound

Wound\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win. [root]140. Cf. Zounds.]

1. A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like. --Chaucer.

Showers of blood Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen. --Shak.

2. Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.

3. (Criminal Law) An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity.

Note: Walker condemns the pronunciation woond as a "capricious novelty." It is certainly opposed to an important principle of our language, namely, that the Old English long sound written ou, and pronounced like French ou or modern English oo, has regularly changed, when accented, into the diphthongal sound usually written with the same letters ou in modern English, as in ground, hound, round, sound. The use of ou in Old English to represent the sound of modern English oo was borrowed from the French, and replaced the older and Anglo-Saxon spelling with u. It makes no difference whether the word was taken from the French or not, provided it is old enough in English to have suffered this change to what is now the common sound of ou; but words taken from the French at a later time, or influenced by French, may have the French sound.

Wound gall (Zo["o]l.), an elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish brown weevil (Ampeloglypter sesostris) whose larv[ae] inhabit the galls.

Wound

Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wounding.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See Wound, n.]

1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.

The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. --1 Sam. xxxi. 3.

2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.

When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor. viii. 12.
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Language Translation for : wound
Spanish: herida,
German: die Wunde,
Japanese: 傷
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wound  (n.)
O.E. wund "hurt, injury," from P.Gmc. *wundaz (cf. O.S. wunda, O.N. und, O.Fris. wunde, O.H.G. wunta, Ger. wunde "wound"), perhaps from PIE base *wen- "to beat, wound." The verb is from O.E. wundian.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1wound
Pronunciation: 'wünd
Function: noun
1 a : a physical injury to the body consisting of a laceration or breaking ofthe skin or mucous membrane wound across the palm> wound> b : an opening made in the skin or a membrane of the bodyincidental to a surgical operation or procedure
2 : a mental or emotional hurt or blow

Main Entry: 2wound
Function: transitive verb
: to cause a wound to or in
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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wound (w&oomacr;nd)
n.

  1. Injury to a part or tissue of the body, especially one caused by physical trauma and characterized by tearing, cutting, piercing, or breaking of the tissue.
  2. An incision.
wound v.

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wound

see lick one's wounds; rub in (salt into a wound).

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