What does wound mean?
Definitions for wound
wund; Older Use and Literary waʊndwound
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word wound.
Princeton's WordNet
wound, lesionnoun
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
wound, injury, combat injurynoun
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
woundnoun
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
wound, woundingadjective
the act of inflicting a wound
woundverb
put in a coil
injure, woundverb
cause injuries or bodily harm to
hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spiteverb
hurt the feelings of
"She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
Webster Dictionary
Wound
of Wind
Wound
of Wind
Wound
imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing
Woundnoun
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
Woundnoun
fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc
Woundnoun
an injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity
Woundnoun
to hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like
Woundnoun
to hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to
Etymology: [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde, Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG. wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to suffer, E. win. 140. Cf. Zounds.]
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Wound
A wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut, or punctured, or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion. In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Wound
wownd, pa.t. and pa.p. of wind.
Wound
wōōnd, n. any division of soft parts, including the skin, produced by external mechanical force—whether incised, punctured, contused, lacerated, or poisoned: any cut, bruise, hurt, or injury.—v.t. to make a wound in: to injure.—adj. Woun′dable, capable of being wounded.—n. Woun′der.—adv. Woun′dily (coll.), excessively.—n. Woun′ding.—adj. Wound′less, exempt from being wounded, invulnerable: harmless.—n. Wound′wort, a name applied to several plants of popular repute as vulneraries, as the kidney-vetch, &c.: a plant of genus Stachys, the marsh or clown's woundwort.—adj. Woun′dy, causing wounds: (coll.) excessive. [A.S. wund (Ger. wunde, Ice. und)—A.S. wund, wounded; prob. orig. pa.p. of A.S. winnan, to fight, strive.]
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wound' in Nouns Frequency: #1756
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'wound' in Verbs Frequency: #1005
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wound in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wound in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of wound in a Sentence
A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.
I have not seen a wound of this severity, ever.
Theres still tons to be learned from these evolutionary marvels, including information that will potentially be useful to fight cancer and age-related diseases, and improve wound healing treatments in humans, as we uncover how these animals do it.
Despite what one self-absorbed, heartless killer tried to do, in the end we won, in the end we wound up with the most points. We have the most self-worth. Game over.
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.
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- جرح, جَرَحَ, اصابArabic
- yaraAzerbaijani
- яра, йәрәхәтBashkir
- ранаBelarusian
- ранаBulgarian
- ferirCatalan, Valencian
- poranit, ranit, zranit, ránaCzech
- sår, såre, skadeDanish
- verwunden, verletzen, Wunde, VerletzungGerman
- πληγή, τραύμα, τραυματίζω, λαβώνω, πληγώνω, πλήγμα, πλήγωμα, λαβωματιάGreek
- vundoEsperanto
- llaga, herir, herida, lesionarSpanish
- zauriBasque
- زخمPersian
- haava, haavoittaa, loukata, loukkausFinnish
- blesser, lésion, offenser, blessure, plaie, offenseFrench
- créachtIrish
- ciùrr, leònScottish Gaelic
- vulnerar, ferirGalician
- פגיעה, פגעHebrew
- घावHindi
- blesiHaitian Creole
- seb, sértésHungarian
- վերքArmenian
- luka, lecet, cederaIndonesian
- sár, særa, meiðaIcelandic
- ferita, ferire, lesione, offendere, offesaItalian
- 怪我, 傷Japanese
- ჭრილობაGeorgian
- жараKazakh
- របួសKhmer
- 상처Korean
- plaga, vulnusLatin
- WonnLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- tūngaMāori
- повредува, рана, ранува, навредуваMacedonian
- wonde, kwetsuur, verwonden, kwetsen, verwondingDutch
- skade, sår, såreNorwegian
- rana, ranić, urazićPolish
- ferida, machucado, lesar, machucar, magoar, ferimento, lesão, mágoa, ferir, vulnerarPortuguese
- plaja, pleja, plaga, plaiaRomansh
- leziune, rană, plagăRomanian
- ранение, рана, травма, ранить, поранитьRussian
- fiririSardinian
- rana, ранаSerbo-Croatian
- ránaSlovak
- ranaSlovene
- plagë, lëndimAlbanian
- skada, såra, sårSwedish
- vimbeSwahili
- காயம்Tamil
- గాయపరచు, గాయముTelugu
- sugatTagalog
- hasar, yaraTurkish
- ранаUkrainian
- گھاوUrdu
- vết thươngVietnamese
- vun, vunönVolapük
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