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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
An Illinois landlord who fatally stabbed a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy and severely wounded his mother has been sentenced to 53 years in prison.
"The fatal injury was to the chest which went through her lungs and entered her heart. Death was as a result of blood loss due to multiple stab wounds," he said.
He had a puncture wound to the head, and there was blood next to him on the floor, according to sources familiar with the police report.
Karen Carter, 65, was found by her friend lying near her car with stab wounds in the village of Trémolat in the Dordogne on Tuesday evening, the state prosecutor said.
"Then they pummelled my thumbs with a hammer. I still have those wounds."
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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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