wound

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

wounds

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

wound

past (v2)

wounded

past participle (v3)

wounded

present participle

wounding

3rd person singular

wounds

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

   • Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.
   • The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.
   • I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.

2. 2.A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

   • It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

3. 3.An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

   • The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

2. 2.To hurt (a person's feelings).

   • The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.
   • I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.

3. 3.simple past and past participle of wind

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