wound

Definition

• n. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
• n. a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
• n. a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
• n. the act of inflicting a wound

Word forms

Past participle

wounded

Present participle

wounding

Past tense

wounded

Third person singular

wounds

Example sentences

1. n.

   He had a deep wound on his arm from the accident.

2. vt.

   The fall wound her ankle, making it difficult to walk.

3. vi.

   He often gets into fights and ends up wounding himself.

4. v.

   She wound the old clock carefully to make it work.