American English pronunciation
How to pronounce wound
IPA transcription: ['waʊnd]
Pronunciation variants: ['waʊnd]['wund]
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Noun
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an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
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a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
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a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); ; ; --Robert Frost
“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”
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the act of inflicting a wound
Verb
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cause injuries or bodily harm to
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arrange or or coil around
“roll your hair around your finger”
“Twine the thread around the spool”
“She wrapped her arms around the child”
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to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
“the river winds through the hills”
“the path meanders through the vineyards”
“sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body”
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hurt the feelings of
“She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests”
“This remark really bruised my ego”
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extend in curves and turns
“The road winds around the lake”
“the path twisted through the forest”
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raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
“hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
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catch the scent of; get wind of
“The dog nosed out the drugs”
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coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
“wind your watch”
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form into a wreath
Adjective
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put in a coil
Usage examples
- About a third of the Polish force was dead or wounded.
- But he wound up making a soap opera along the way.
- Bert the cop was wounded in North Africa.
- The second bomb wounded the animals and smashed the carriage glass.
- White, four other officers, and twenty-two enlisted men were also wounded in the blast.
- He eventually passed out from previous wounds inflicted by Riptide.
- Doctor Kim dressed the wound with a bandage while looking disappointed at me.
- During the battle, Jackson was wounded by friendly fire and died several days later.
- After a short fight, the driver was killed and Kapp was severely wounded.
- During the first hour of the Peleliu landing he was wounded.