Definition of Wound

Noun: wound  woond

  1. An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
    - lesion
     
  2. (military) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
    - injury, combat injury
     
  3. 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"
     
  4. The act of inflicting a wound
    - wounding
Verb: wound  woond
  1. Cause injuries or bodily harm to
    - injure
     
  2. Cause (somebody) emotional pain or offence
    - hurt, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Verb: wind[2] (wound)  wInd
  1. Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
    - wind up
     
  2. Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
    - hoist, lift
     
  3. Form into a wreath
    - wreathe
     
  4. Arrange or coil around
    - wrap, roll, twine
     
  5. To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
    - weave, thread, meander, wander
     
  6. Extend in curves and turns
    - twist, curve

See also:
wouldst
wounded

Anagrams containing the word wound

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