wound (noun)

  • 1wound — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep, serious, severe ▪ fatal ▪ a fatal gunshot wound ▪ minor ▪ …

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  • 2wound´ed|ly — wound|ed «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded,… …

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  • 3wound|ed — «WOON dihd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. suffering from a wound or wounds: »Kay near him groaning like a wounded bull (Tennyson). 2. Figurative. deeply pained or grieved: »The quiet of my wounded conscience (Shakespeare). –n. the wounded, those who …

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  • 4wound up — [ˌwaund ˈʌp] adj [not before noun] anxious, worried, or excited ▪ I was too wound up to sleep …

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  • 5wound — [1] ► NOUN 1) a bodily injury caused by a cut, blow, or other impact. 2) an injury to a person s feelings or reputation. ► VERB 1) inflict a wound on. 2) injure (a person s feelings). ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 6wound tissue — noun (botany) Protective tissue that forms in response to wounding • • • Main Entry: ↑wound …

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  • 7wound chevron — noun or wound stripe : a small gold chevron formerly worn on the lower part of the right sleeve of the United States army uniform to indicate that the wearer had been wounded in action …

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  • 8wound fungus — noun : a fungus that is a wound parasite …

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  • 9wound-rotor motor — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: wound, past participle of wind : an induction motor with a rotor having a polyphase winding to permit secondary circuit adjustment not possible in the case of a squirrel cage induction motor …

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  • 10wound stripe — noun see wound chevron …

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