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a
: an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (such as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues
b
: a cut or breach in a plant usually due to an external agent
2
: a mental or emotional hurt or blow
3
: something resembling a wound in appearance or effect
especially
: a rift in or blow to a political body or social group
wounded; wounding; wounds
: to cause a wound to or in
: to inflict a wound
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Examples of wound in a Sentence
Noun
She suffered a knife wound to her thigh.
Her mother's scorn left a wound that never healed.
Verb
Four people were seriously wounded in the explosion.
The soldier's leg was wounded by a grenade.
Losing the match wounded his pride.
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Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
The relocation and gentrification of the people experiencing homelessness right now is essentially putting a Band-Aid on the bullet wound that is the housing situation of the Bay Area.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
During the traffic stop, Robert LaVoy Finicum, an old friend of the Bundy’s who was driving Ryan’s car, was shot dead by a State Trooper, while Ryan got wounded in the shoulder.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Officers found a man dead from an apparent gunshot wound, Wichita police said in a statement.
—Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
The relocation and gentrification of the people experiencing homelessness right now is essentially putting a Band-Aid on the bullet wound that is the housing situation of the Bay Area.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
Hamas had agreed to the truce in May 2021 after an 11-day Israeli air campaign in Gaza that followed Hamas’s firing of 150 rockets into Israel, an opening barrage that killed two Israeli civilians and wounded dozens more.
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
During the traffic stop, Robert LaVoy Finicum, an old friend of the Bundy’s who was driving Ryan’s car, was shot dead by a State Trooper, while Ryan got wounded in the shoulder.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Wound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wound. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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wound
1 of 3 noun1
: an injury involving cutting or breaking of bodily tissue (as by violence, accident, or surgery)
2
: an injury to a person's feelings
wound
2 of 3 verb1
: to hurt by cutting or breaking bodily tissue
the broken glass wounded several people
2
: to hurt the feelings or pride of
his remark wounded her
Medical Definition
wound
1 of 2 noun1
a
: a physical injury to the body consisting of a laceration or breaking of the skin or mucous membrane often with damage to underlying tissue
has a deep festering knife wound across the palm
a gunshot wound
b
: an opening made in the skin or a membrane of the body incidental to a surgical operation or procedure
infection of a surgical wound
2
: a mental or emotional hurt or blow
emotional wounds of childhood
wound
2 of 2 transitive verb
: to cause a wound to or in
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