wound

Speech parts

1. wound - Noun

2. wound - Verb

Derived from wind

4. wound - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Wind

imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.

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.

Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.

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.

To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.

To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

injury injure lesion bruise hurt pierce gash cut damage harm spite tear scratch insult slash
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Antonyms

pharmaceutics blarney bolus help treatment pharmacology
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Hypernyms

kindle fire loss damage raise injury

Hyponyms

rick pip gash turn cut knife

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

wounded wounding

Examples

God doesn't send you the people you want. He sends you the people you need. They may hurt you, love you, teach you, or wound you-to make you into the person you are meant to be. Source: Internet

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor. Joseph Addison

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity. Augustine of Hippo

A bad wound will heal, but a bad word will not be forgotten. Bulgarian Proverb

No hero without a wound. Bulgarian Proverb

An old wound will not go away. Somali Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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