wound
verb
- cause injury
noun
- injury where the skin is torn
- cause injury
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /ˈwuːnd/ / [ˈwʊu̯nd] / /ˈwyːnd/ / /ˈwaʊ̯nd/ / [ˈwaʊ̯nd] / /ˈwæʊ̯nd/
noun
Etymology: Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.
- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
“The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.”
“Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.”
- A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
“It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.”
- An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
verb
Etymology: See wind (Etymology 2)
- simple past and past participle of wind
““[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]””