Wound

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • noun. An injury to an organism, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.
  • noun. An injury to the feelings.
  • intransitive verb. To inflict wounds or a wound on.
  • intransitive verb. To inflict wounds or a wound.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To hurt by violence; cut, slash, or lacerate; injure; damage: as, to wound the head or the arm; to wound a tree.
  • Figuratively, to cause injury or harm to; specifically, of persons, to hurt the feelings of; pain.
  • To inflict hurt or injury, either physically or morally.
  • Preterit and past participle of wind.
  • noun. In surgery, a solution of continuity of any of the tissues of the body, involving also the skin or mucous membrane of the part, caused by some external agent, and not the result of disease.
  • noun. In medical jurisprudence, any lesion of the body resulting from external violence, whether accompanied or not by rupture of the skin or mucous membrane—thus differing from the meaning of the word when used in surgery.
  • noun. A breach or hurt of the bark and wood of a tree, or of the bark and substance of other plants.
  • noun. Figuratively, injury; hurt; harm: as, a wound given to credit or reputation, feelings, etc.: often specifically applied in literature to the pangs of love.
  • noun. Plague.
  • noun. In heraldry, a roundel purpure.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
  • transitive verb. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
  • noun. A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like.
  • noun. Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.
  • noun. An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity.
  • noun. an elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish brown weevil (Ampeloglypter sesostris) whose larvæ inhabit the galls.
  • imp. & p. p. of wind to twist, and wind to sound by blowing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Simple past tense and past participle of wind.
  • noun. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
  • noun. A hurt to a person's feelings.
  • noun. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
  • verb. To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
  • verb. To hurt (a person's feelings).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
  • noun. the act of inflicting a wound
  • verb. hurt the feelings of
  • noun. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
  • noun. a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
  • adjective. put in a coil
  • verb. cause injuries or bodily harm to
  • Word Usage
    "If the tissues are severed by a sharp instrument and the edges of the wound are smooth, it is classed as an _incised_ or _clean-cut wound_."
    Equivalent
    coiled  
    Form
    wounded  wounding  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    damage  distress  harm  hurt  scathe  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Pound  Sound  abound  aground  around  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accident  ache  blow  bruise  burn  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abrade  abrasion  abscess  abuse  ache  
    variant
    wind  
    verb-form
    wounded  wounding  wounds  
    verb-stem
    wind