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wound

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noun

ˈwünd How to pronounce wound (audio)
archaic or dialectal
ˈwau̇nd How to pronounce wound (audio)
1
a
: an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (such as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues
b
: a cut or breach in a plant usually due to an external agent
2
: a mental or emotional hurt or blow
3
: something resembling a wound in appearance or effect
especially : a rift in or blow to a political body or social group

wound

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verb

ˈwünd How to pronounce wound (audio)
 archaic or dialectal  ˈwau̇nd
wounded; wounding; wounds

transitive verb

: to cause a wound to or in

intransitive verb

: to inflict a wound

wound

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past tense and past participle of wind

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun She suffered a knife wound to her thigh. Her mother's scorn left a wound that never healed. Verb Four people were seriously wounded in the explosion. The soldier's leg was wounded by a grenade. Losing the match wounded his pride .
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The teen died at a nearby hospital from a stab wound that pierced his heart, police said. Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 12 Sep. 2022 Officers were called to a Euclid hospital Aug. 23 to check on a resident who was in the emergency room with a stab wound to the back. cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022 Officers found two males – a 16-year-old and an adult – each suffering from at least one stab wound, police said in a press release. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022 At the scene, police found a man later identified as Andre Dockery, 41, suffering from a stab wound. The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2022 For four months, Christian Obumseli has been dead from a stab wound, with his death ruled a homicide by the medical examiner. Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2022 Then readers are taken back to 2018 London, where Rachel Rimmer is awoken by a phone call from the French Police informing her that her husband, Michael, was found murdered in France, dead from a stab wound. Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2022 The medical examiner said throwing the knife from that distance would not have caused the fatal stab wound, according to Rundle. ABC News, 11 Aug. 2022 Officers responded to the 2900 block of Brinkey Way about 6:30 a.m. and found Valdes with a fatal stab wound. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Aug. 2022
Verb
Proponents say it’s a healthy boundary unraveling the ties between work and life that became so tightly wound in the past decade. Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2022 My hair is curly and dense, with tightly wound curls that give quite a bit of volume. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 18 July 2022 The moment marked precisely one week since Robert Crimo, III allegedly used a high-powered rifle from a rooftop overlooking Port Clinton Square to kill and wound parade-goers. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022 This is a motor that only truly works as prescribed when the throttle is wound right back and great dollops of air are being fed into its internals. Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 1 July 2022 This Andeluna is tightly wound with orange blossom, lemon curd and minty notes wrapped around a minerally core — mountain spring water in a garden in bloom. Dave Mcintyre, Washington Post, 2 June 2022 Gendron, an 18-year-old White man, is accused of driving from nearly 200 miles away to kill 10 people and wound three others in a shooting that took place at a Tops supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 20 May 2022 Lawmakers enacted the ban after 19-year-old John Timothy Earnest used a semiautomatic rifle to kill a woman and wound three people at a synagogue in the San Diego suburb of Poway in April 2019. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2022 The cobalt blue Fender guitar stands tall in the rack, its silver strings tightly wound, the white pickguard glistening in the sun. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 9 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Old English wund; akin to Old High German wunta wound

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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The first known use of wound was before the 12th century

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