Dictionary definition for: Wound
1. (n) any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision
2. (v) cause injuries or bodily harm to
4. (n) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
5. (v) hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests" "This remark really bruised me ego"
6. (n) 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--t
7. (n) the act of inflicting a wound
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