to make) a wound

  • 1wound — (wind) waÊŠnd ,wuːnd v. spin; twist; bend; wrap around; be wrapped around; be bent; change direction waÊŠnd ,wuːnd n. injury; lesion; offense v. injure; offend wɪnd ,waɪnd n. breeze; direction of the wind; gale; breath; wind instrument… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 2Wound healing — Hand abrasion …

    Wikipedia

  • 3wound — wound1 [waund] the past tense and past participle of ↑wind 2 wound 2 wound2 [wu:nd] n [: Old English; Origin: wund] 1.) an injury to your body that is made by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet ▪ A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. ▪ It… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 4wound — 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… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 5wound — 1 the past tense and past participle of wind 2 2 noun (C) 1 an injury, especially a cut or hole made in your skin by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet: A nurse cleaned and bandaged the wound. | gunshot wounds | flesh wound (=slight injury… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6wound — Synonyms and related words: abrade, abrasion, abscess, abuse, ache, aching, afflict, affront, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, aposteme, barb the dart, bark, bed sore, befoul, bewitch, bite, blain, bleb, blemish, blight, blister, bloody, blow,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 7wound —  , scar  The two are not as interchangeable as writers sometimes casually make them. A scar is what remains after a wound heals. Thus it is always wrong, or at least stretching matters, to talk about a scar healing, including in figurative senses …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 8wound, scar —    The two are not as interchangeable as writers sometimes casually make them. A scar is what remains after a wound heals. Thus it is always wrong, or at least stretching matters, to talk about a scar healing, including in figurative senses …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 9wound, scar —    The two are not as interchangeable as writers sometimes casually make them. A scar is what remains after a wound heals. Thus it is always wrong, or at least stretching matters, to talk about a scar healing, including in figurative senses …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 10wound — n 1. injury, hurt, damage, harm, trauma; cut, stab, slash, puncture, tear, laceration, gash; bruise, contusion, sore, lesion, abrasion, scrape, bump, Sl. boo boo. 2. shock, blow, nasty or cruel blow, Sl. low blow; insult, mortification,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder