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wounded

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wound⋅ed

  [woon-did]
Use wounded in a Sentence
–adjective
1. suffering injury or bodily harm, as a laceration or bullet wound: to bandage a wounded hand.
2. marred; impaired; damaged: a wounded reputation.
–noun
3. wounded persons collectively (often prec. by the): to treat the wounded.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE gewundode. See wound 1 , -ed 2

wound

1  [woond; Older Use and Literary wound]
–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.

wound

2  [wound]
–verb
a pt. and pp. of wind 2 and wind 3 .
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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.
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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2wound
Function: transitive verb
: to cause a wound to or in

Main Entry: wounded
Function: noun plural
: wounded persons
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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