wound
Meanings
noun
- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
- A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
- An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
verb
- To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
- To hurt (a person's feelings).
verb
- simple past and past participle of wind
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Etymology
Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.
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