Noun: wound woond
- An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
"The soldier had a deep wound on his leg";
- lesion
- The act of inflicting a wound
"The accidental wound of his hunting partner led to stricter safety measures";
- wounding
- A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
"The soldier received a combat wound during the ambush";
- injury, combat injury
- A figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
"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"; "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"
- Cause injuries or bodily harm to
"The accident wounded several passengers";
- injure
- Cause (somebody) emotional pain or offence
"His cruel remarks wounded her deeply";
- hurt, injure, bruise, offend, spite
- Coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem
- wind up
- Raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
- hoist, lift
- Arrange or coil around
"She wound her arms around the child";
- wrap, roll, twine
- To move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
"the river winds through the hills";
- weave, thread, meander, wander
- Extend in curves and turns
"The road winds around the lake";
- twist, curve
- Form into a wreath
- wreathe
Derived forms: wounded, wounding, wounds
See also: roll up
Type of: arouse, bring up, damage, displace, distress, elevate, elicit, enkindle [literary], enlace, entwine, evoke, extend, fasten, get up, go, harm, hurt, injury, interlace, intertwine, interwind, intwine [archaic], kindle, lace, lead, lift, locomote, loss, move, pass, personnel casualty, provoke, raise, run, scathe [archaic], suffering, tighten, trauma, travel, twine
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