wound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
  2. A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
  3. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
verb
  1. To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
  2. To hurt (a person's feelings).
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of wind

Pronunciation

wo͞ond /wuːnd/ en-us-wound-injury.ogg /wyːnd/ /wʉːnd/ /ʋuːnd/ /ʋuːɳɖ/ wound /waʊnd/ en-us-wound-turned.ogg /wʊnd/

Word forms

wound wounds wounding wounded no-table-tags glossary woundest woundedst woundeth

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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