wound·ed

[woon-did]
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 preceded by the ): to treat the wounded.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English gewundode. See wound1, -ed2

self-wound·ed, adjective
un·wound·ed, adjective
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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.
6.
lick one's wounds, to attempt to heal one's injuries or soothe one's hurt feelings after a defeat.

Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English wund; cognate with Old High German wunta (German Wunde), Old Norse und, Gothic wunds; (v.) Middle English wounden, Old English wundian, derivative of the noun

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


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 simple past tense and past participle of wind2. and wind3.
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wound1 (wuːnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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
3.  any injury or slight to the feelings or reputation
 
vb
4.  to inflict a wound or wounds upon (someone or something)
 
[Old English wund; related to Old Frisian wunde, Old High German wunta (German Wunde), Old Norse und, Gothic wunds]
 
'woundable1
 
adj
 
'wounder1
 
n
 
'wounding1
 
adj
 
'woundingly1
 
adv
 
'woundless1
 
adj

wound2 (waʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
the past tense and past participle of wind

wounded (ˈwuːndɪd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  a.  suffering from wounds; injured, esp in a battle or fight
 b.  (as collective noun; preceded by the): the wounded
2.  (of feelings) damaged or hurt

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Word Origin & History

wound
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.
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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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Example sentences
Following the conflict, the wounded were mobilized to work.
However, they ended up in the enemy's battalion area and came under fire for
  hours, during which he was seriously wounded.
Forgotten is the price paid by our wounded warriors.
One policeman is reported to have been lightly wounded by a hand grenade.
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