wound - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'wound' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wound

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

2 . Wound

[ imp. & p. p.]

- of Wind
- of Wind

3 . Wound

[ n.]

- 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.

Meaning of 'wound' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wound

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)

Example in sentence:

deep in her breast lives the silent wound;
he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound;
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

2 . wound

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- hurt the feelings of

Example in sentence:

She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests;
This remark really bruised my ego

Nearby Words:

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