wound

wound
I VERB FORM OF `WIND'
(Pronounced [[t]wa͟ʊnd[/t]] in wound 1, and [[t]wu͟ːnd[/t]] in wound 2.)
Wound is the past tense and past participle of wind 2.
II INJURY
♦♦
wounds, wounding, wounded
(Pronounced [[t]wa͟ʊnd[/t]] in wound 1, and [[t]wu͟ːnd[/t]] in wound 2.)
1) N-COUNT A wound is damage to part of your body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, which is caused by a gun, knife, or other weapon.

The wound is healing nicely and the patient is healthy...

Six soldiers are reported to have died from their wounds.

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2) VERB If a weapon or something sharp wounds you, it damages your body.

[V n] A bomb exploded in a hotel, killing six people and wounding another five...

[V n] The driver of an evacuation bus was wounded by shrapnel...

[V-ed] The two wounded men were taken to a nearby hospital.

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N-PLURAL
The wounded are people who are wounded.

Hospitals said they could not cope with the wounded... They were told to carry their wounded and leave their dead.

3) N-COUNT A wound is a lasting bad effect on someone's mind or feelings caused by a very upsetting experience. [LITERARY]

She has been so deeply hurt it may take forever for the wounds to heal.

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4) VERB If you are wounded by what someone says or does, your feelings are deeply hurt.

[be V-ed] He was deeply wounded by the treachery of close aides...

[V n] My children have wounded me in the past.

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wounded ADJ-GRADED usu v-link ADJ

I think she feels desperately wounded and unloved.

5) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.

The British team was returning home yesterday to lick its wounds after defeat by India.

6) PHRASE: V inflects Something that opens old wounds or reopens old wounds reminds someone about an upsetting experience in the past which they would prefer to forget.

Courts have been reluctant to reopen old wounds by trying crimes that are decades old.

7) to rub salt into the wound → see salt

English dictionary. 2008.

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  • wound — n Wound, trauma, traumatism, lesion, bruise, contusion are comparable when they mean an injury to one of the organs or parts of the body. Wound generally denotes an injury that is inflicted by a hard or sharp instrument (as a knife, a bullet, or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Wound — Wound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See {Wound}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound — wound1 [wo͞ond] n. [ME wunde < OE wund, akin to Ger wunde < IE * wen , var. of base * wā , to hit, wound > WEN1] 1. an injury to the body in which the skin or other tissue is broken, cut, pierced, torn, etc. 2. an injury to a plant… …   English World dictionary

  • Wound — (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound — [n] injury anguish, bruise, cut, damage, distress, gash, grief, harm, heartbreak, hurt, insult, laceration, lesion, pain, pang, shock, slash, torment, torture, trauma; concept 309 wound [v1] cause bodily damage bruise, carve, clip*, contuse, cut …   New thesaurus

  • wound´ed|ly — wound|ed «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound|ed — «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded, those who …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound´i ly — wound|y «WOON dee», adjective. Especially British Dialect. very great; extreme; excessive. ╂[< (God s) wound(s), an oath, swounds + y1] –wound´i ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • wound|y — «WOON dee», adjective. Especially British Dialect. very great; extreme; excessive. ╂[< (God s) wound(s), an oath, swounds + y1] –wound´i ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

  • Wound — Wound, imp. & p. p. of {Wind} to twist, and {Wind} to sound by blowing. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wound up — [ˌwaund ˈʌp] adj [not before noun] anxious, worried, or excited ▪ I was too wound up to sleep …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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