wound

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[ 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.

  1. an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc.

verb (used with object)
  1. to inflict a wound upon; injure; hurt.

verb (used without object)
  1. to inflict a wound.

Idioms about wound

  1. lick one's wounds, to attempt to heal one's injuries or soothe one's hurt feelings after a defeat.

Origin of wound

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First recorded before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English wund; cognate with Old High German wunta (German Wunde ), Old Norse und, Gothic wunds; (verb) Middle English wounden, Old English wundian, derivative of the noun

synonym study For wound

1. See injury.

Other words for wound

Other words from wound

  • wound·ed·ly, adverb
  • wound·ing·ly, adverb

Words Nearby wound

Other definitions for wound (2 of 2)

wound2
[ wound ]

verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of wind2 and wind3.

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How to use wound in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for wound (1 of 2)

wound1

/ (wuːnd) /


noun
  1. any break in the skin or an organ or part as the result of violence or a surgical incision

  2. an injury to plant tissue

  1. any injury or slight to the feelings or reputation

verb
  1. to inflict a wound or wounds upon (someone or something)

Origin of wound

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Old English wund; related to Old Frisian wunde, Old High German wunta (German Wunde), Old Norse und, Gothic wunds

Derived forms of wound

  • woundable, adjective
  • wounder, noun
  • wounding, adjective
  • woundingly, adverb
  • woundless, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for wound (2 of 2)

wound2

/ (waʊnd) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of wind 2

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Other Idioms and Phrases with wound

wound

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

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