wound
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: wounds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: wounds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wounding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: wound
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: wound
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: wound
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: woundest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: woundedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: wounds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: woundeth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: wound
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: wound
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: wound
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: wounding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wounded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
pos: noun
examples: The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.
Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.
I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.
gloss: A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
gloss: An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
pos: noun
gloss: To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.
gloss: To hurt (a person's feelings).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.
I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.
Derived words: axe wound
Blighty wound
contact wound
defense wound
defensive wound
dirty wound
entrance wound
entry wound
exit wound
flesh wound
gutter wound
hatchet wound
hesitation wound
keyhole wound
lick one's wounds
mother wound
open wound
put a band-aid on a bullet wound
reopen old wounds
rub salt in the wound
salt in the wound
self-defense wound
stab wound
tentative wound
time heals all wounds
time heals every wound
turn the knife in the wound
twist the knife in the wound
wound cambium
wound collecting
wound collection
wound collector
wound cork
wound gall
wound gum
wound parasite
wound wood
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