• Wound

    Pronunciation

    • RP enPR: woÍžond, IPA: /wuːnd/
    • Rhymes: -uːnd

    Origin 1

    Noun from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną. Indo-European cognates include Albanian unë ("piece of a broken pot, splinter").

    Full definition of wound

    Noun

    wound

    (plural wounds)
    1. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
      • 2013, Phil McNulty, "http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23830980", BBC Sport, 1 September 2013: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.
      • ShakespeareShowers of blood
        Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.
      • 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.
    2. (figuratively) A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, etc.It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
    3. (criminal legal) An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

    Synonyms

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.
    2. (transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

    Synonyms

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /waÊŠnd/
    • US IPA: /wæʊnd/
    • Rhymes: -aÊŠnd

    Origin 2

    See wind (Etymology 2)

    Verb

    wound
    1. wound

      (past of wind)
      • 1905, w, w:The Case of Miss Elliott Chapter 1, “… 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. â€¦â€
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