I. VERB FORM OF ‘WIND’
Wound is the past tense and past participle of wind 2.
II. INJURY
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ 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 ~ is healing nicely...
Six soldiers are reported to have died from their ~s.
N-COUNT
2.
If a weapon or something sharp ~s you, it damages your body.
A bomb exploded in a hotel, killing six people and ~ing another five...
The two ~ed men were taken to a nearby hospital.
VERB: V n, V-ed
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The ~ed are people who are ~ed.
Hospitals said they could not cope with the ~ed...
N-PLURAL
3.
A ~ 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 ~s to heal.
N-COUNT
4.
If you are ~ed by what someone says or does, your feelings are deeply hurt.
He was deeply ~ed by the treachery of close aides...
= hurt
VERB: be V-ed
5.
to rub salt into the ~: see salt ?????