I. VERB FORM OF ‘WIND’
/waʊnd/
Wound is the past tense and past participle of wind 2.
II. INJURY
/wu:nd/
( wounds, wounding, wounded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A wound is damage to part of your body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, which is caused by a gun, knife, or other weapon.
The wound is healing nicely...
Six soldiers are reported to have died from their wounds.
N-COUNT
2.
If a weapon or something sharp wounds you, it damages your body.
A bomb exploded in a hotel, killing six people and wounding another five...
The two wounded men were taken to a nearby hospital.
VERB : V n , V-ed
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The wounded are people who are wounded.
Hospitals said they could not cope with the wounded...
N-PLURAL
3.
A wound is a lasting bad effect on someone’s mind or feelings caused by a very upsetting experience. ( LITERARY )
She has been so deeply hurt it may take forever for the wounds to heal.
N-COUNT
4.
If you are wounded by what someone says or does, your feelings are deeply hurt.
He was deeply wounded by the treachery of close aides...
= hurt
VERB : be V-ed
5.
to rub salt into the wound: see salt