wound

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a figurative injury to feelings or pride

   I feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound.

2. 2
   noun

   An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

   It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

4. 4
   verb

   To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

   The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

5. 5
   verb

   To hurt (a person's feelings).

   The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

6. 6
   verb

   simple past and past participle of wind

   “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”

7. 7
   adj

   put in a coil

8. 8
   noun

   the act of inflicting a wound

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.