Definitions for wound

Overview of noun wound

The noun wound has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (22) wound, lesion

(an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

2. (2) wound, injury, combat injury

(a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat)

3. wound

(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

4. wound, wounding

(the act of inflicting a wound)

Overview of verb wound

The verb wound has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (5) injure, wound

(cause injuries or bodily harm to)

2. hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite

(hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego")

Overview of verb wind

The verb wind has 7 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (3) weave, wind, thread, meander, wander

(to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body")

2. (2) wind, twist, curve

(extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest")

3. (2) wind, wrap, roll, twine

(arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child")

4. scent, nose, wind

(catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs")

5. wind, wind up

(coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch")

6. wreathe, wind

(form into a wreath)

7. hoist, lift, wind

(raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car")

Overview of adj wound

The adj wound has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. wound

(put in a coil)