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  • 41wound — wound1 [ wund ] noun count ** an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged, usually seriously. When a wound gets better it heals: He suffered serious wounds to his back and stomach. a head/chest/leg wound: There was blood pouring down his… …

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  • 42wound — I UK [wuːnd] / US [wund] noun [countable] Word forms wound : singular wound plural wounds ** 1) an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged, usually seriously. When a wound gets better it heals He suffered serious wounds to his back and… …

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  • 43wound up — adjective brought to a state of great tension (Freq. 1) all wound up for a fight • Syn: ↑aroused • Similar to: ↑tense * * * wound up UK [ˌwaʊnd ˈʌp] US adjective …

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  • 44wound — {{11}}wound (n.) O.E. wund hurt, injury, from P.Gmc. *wundaz (Cf. O.S. wunda, O.N. und, O.Fris. wunde, O.H.G. wunta, Ger. wunde wound ), perhaps from PIE root *wen to beat, wound. {{12}}wound (v.) O.E. wundian, from the source of …

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  • 45wound — I [[t]wund[/t]] older use and lit. [[t]waʊnd[/t]] n. 1) pat an injury, usu. involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease 2) ppa a similar… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46wound — 1. Trauma to any of the tissues of the body, especially that caused by physical means and with interruption of continuity. 2. A surgical incision. [O.E. wund] abraded w. SYN: abrasion (1). avulsed w. a w. caused by or resulting from avulsion.… …

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  • 47wound — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wund; akin to Old High German wunta wound Date: before 12th century 1. a. an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a… …

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  • 48wound*/ — [wuːnd] noun [C] I an injury in which your skin or flesh is seriously damaged a head wound[/ex] a stab wound[/ex] He had serious wounds to his stomach.[/ex] II verb [T] wound [wuːnd] 1) to injure someone so that their skin or flesh is seriously… …

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  • 49Wound — Wind Wind, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound) (rarely {Winded}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] [OE. winden, AS. windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan, Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf. {Wander}, {Wend}.] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 50Wound — Wind Wind, v. t. [From {Wind}, moving air, but confused in sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p. {Wound} (wound), R. {Winded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Winding}.] To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English