to receive a wound

  • 1Receive — Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[ e]*s[=e]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re re + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt},… …

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  • 2wound — n. 1) to inflict a wound on/upon smb. 2) to receive a wound 3) to clean; dress; suture; swab a wound 4) a deep; fatal, mortal; festering; flesh; gaping; light, slight; self inflicted; serious, severe; superficial wound (to receive a slight wound) …

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  • 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… …

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  • 4wound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, serious, severe ▪ fatal ▪ a fatal gunshot wound ▪ minor ▪ …

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  • 5receive — verb 1 get/accept sth ADVERB ▪ regularly ▪ automatically ▪ You will automatically receive updates by text message. ▪ currently ▪ They currently receive subsidies from the gov …

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  • 6Chronic wound — A chronic wound is a wound that does not heal in an orderly set of stages and in a predictable amount of time the way most wounds do; wounds that do not heal within three months are often considered chronic.[1] Chronic wounds seem to be detained… …

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  • 7Received — Receive Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[ e]*s[=e]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re re + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt} …

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  • 8Receiving — Receive Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[ e]*s[=e]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re re + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt} …

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  • 9Receiving ship — Receive Re*ceive (r[ e]*s[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Received} (r[ e]*s[=e]vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Receiving}.] [OF. receveir, recevoir, F. recevoir, fr. L. recipere; pref. re re + capere to take, seize. See {Capable}, {Heave}, and cf. {Receipt} …

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  • 10Frederick Russell Burnham — Infobox Military Person name= Frederick Russell Burnham lived= birth date|1861|5|11 – death date and age|1947|9|01|1861|5|11 placeofbirth= Tivoli, Minnesota (Sioux Indian territory; near Mankato, MN) placeofdeath= Santa Barbara, California,… …

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