1. n. & v.
--n.
1. an injury done to living tissue by a cut or blow etc., esp. beyond the cutting or piercing of the skin.
2 an injury to a person's reputation or a pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
3 poet. the pangs of love.
--v.tr. inflict a wound on (wounded soldiers; wounded feelings).
Derivatives:
woundingly adv. woundless adj.
Etymology: OE wund (n.), wundian (v.) 2. past and past part. of WIND(2) (cf. WIND(1) v. 6).