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wound
1[ woond; Older Use and Literary wound ]
noun
- 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.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- a similar injury to the tissue of a plant.
- an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc.
Synonyms: , ,
verb (used with object)
- to inflict a wound upon; injure; hurt.
Synonyms: , , , ,
verb (used without object)
- to inflict a wound.
wound
1/ ɳːԻ /
noun
- any break in the skin or an organ or part as the result of violence or a surgical incision
- an injury to plant tissue
- any injury or slight to the feelings or reputation
verb
- to inflict a wound or wounds upon (someone or something)
wound
2/ ɲʊԻ /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of wind 2
Derived Forms
- ˈɴdzܲԻ, noun
- ˈɴdzܲԻ, adjective
- ˈɴdzܲԻ徱Բ, adverb
- ˈɴdzܲԻ岹, adjective
- ˈɴdzܲԻ徱Բ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɴdzܲԻĻ· adverb
- ɴdzܲԻiԲ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wound1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of wound1
Idioms and Phrases
- lick one's wounds, to attempt to heal one's injuries or soothe one's hurt feelings after a defeat.
More idioms and phrases containing wound
see lick one's wounds ; rub in (salt into a wound) .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Police were called to Ramsden Street in the town centre on Thursday and the boy was taken to hospital where he later died from a single stab wound to his neck.
Also in March, inmate Jake Kennedy, 32, died from multiple stab wounds at a Sacramento prison.
But when the psychological wounds cut so deep, how can she possibly know what fixing herself would even mean?
The regional leader in Kryvyi Rih said more than 40 people were treated for wounds, and the youngest was only three months old.
Hall exited the driver’s side of the car and fell onto the ground, mortally wounded.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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