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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wound1 /wund/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Pathologyan injury, usually involving the cutting or tearing of skin or tissue.
- an injury or hurt to feelings, emotions, or reputation.
v. [~ + object] - to inflict a wound upon;
injure:The next shot wounded him in the arm. wound2 /waʊnd/USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of wind2.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wound1 (wo̅o̅nd; Older Use and Literary wound),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologyan injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- Plant Diseasesa similar injury to the tissue of a plant.
- an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc.
- lick one's wounds, to attempt to heal one's injuries or soothe one's hurt feelings after a defeat.
v.t. - to inflict a wound upon;
injure; hurt. v.i. - to inflict a wound.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English; Old English wund; cognate with Old High German wunta (German Wunde), Old Norse und, Gothic wunds; (verb, verbal) Middle English wounden, Old English wundian, derivative of the noun, nominal
wound′ed•ly, adv. wound′ing•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cut, stab, laceration, lesion, trauma. See injury.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged insult, pain, anguish.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harm, damage; cut, stab, lacerate.
wound2 (wound),USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of wind 2 and wind 3.
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