1. (n.)wound an injury, usu. involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to externalviolence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
2. wound a similar injury to the tissue of a plant.
3. wound an injury or hurt to feelings, sensibilities, reputation, etc.
4. (v.t.)wound to inflict a wound upon; injure; hurt.
5. (v.i.)wound to inflict a wound.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE wund, c. OS wunda, OHG wunta, ON und wound, Go wunds wounded)
Definition of 'Wound'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)wound, lesion an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
3. (noun)wound a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride) "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"--Robert Frost
4. (adj)wound, wounding the act of inflicting a wound
5. (verb)wound put in a coil
6. (verb)injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to
7. (verb)hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite hurt the feelings of "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
1. (noun)wound an injury serious wounds; a leg/head/chest etc. wound
2. (verb)wound to injure or hurt He was badly wounded in the explosion.; fatally wounded
3. wound to upset His cruel comments had wounded her pride.
Definition of 'Wound'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Wound 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
2. (noun)Wound fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc