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Also Inflected form of wind

wound

UK/wawnd/ US/ˈwaʊ̯nd/ common
noun (4) verb (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.

any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision

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2.

a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

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3.

a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)

  • “he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound”
  • “deep in her breast lives the silent wound”
  • “The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it” -Robert Frost
4.

the act of inflicting a wound

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verb

1.

cause injuries or bodily harm to

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2.

hurt the feelings of

  • “She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests”
  • “This remark really bruised me ego”
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adjective

1.

put in a coil

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Origin

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, toil, win”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wuunde (“wound”), Cimbrian bunta (“wound”), Dutch wond, wonde (“wound”), German Wunde (“wonde”), Luxembourgish Wonn (“wound”), Yiddish וווּנד (vund, “wound”), Icelandic und (“wound”), Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda, “wound”) (whence 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni, “disease, plague”)); also Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to destroy; to catch a disease”). Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną (“to wound”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian buntan (“to wound”), Dutch wonden (“to wound”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (gawundōn, “to wound”).

Phrases

  • axe wound
  • Blighty wound
  • contact wound
  • defense wound
  • defensive wound
  • dirty wound
  • entrance wound
  • entry wound

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