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- [woond; Older Use and Literary wound]
- /wund; Older Use and Literary waʊnd/
- /wuːnd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [woond; Older Use and Literary wound]
- /wund; Older Use and Literary waʊnd/
Definitions of wound word
- noun wound the act of winding. 1
- noun wound a single turn, twist, or bend of something wound: If you give it another wind, you'll break the mainspring. 1
- noun wound a twist producing an uneven surface. 1
- verb with object wound to blow (a horn, a blast, etc.). 1
- verb with object wound to sound by blowing. 1
- verb with object wound to signal or direct by blasts of the horn or the like. 1
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Origin of wound
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English wund; cognate with Old High German wunta (German Wunde), Old Norse und, Gothic wunds; (v.) Middle English wounden, Old English wundian, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Wound
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wound popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for wound
verb wound
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- maim — to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
adjective wound
- coiled — Coiled means in the form of a series of loops.
- looped — having or consisting of loops; loopy.
- twisted — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- helical — pertaining to or having the form of a helix; spiral.
- spiral — Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
noun wound
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- lesion — an injury; hurt; wound.
- sore — suffering bodily pain from wounds, bruises, etc., as a person: He is sore because of all that exercise.
- abrasion — An abrasion is an area on a person's body where the skin has been scraped.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
Antonyms for wound
verb wound
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
- fix — to repair; mend.
adjective wound
- straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
noun wound
- happiness — the quality or state of being happy.
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- contentment — Contentment is a feeling of quiet happiness and satisfaction.
- joy — a female given name.
- pleasure — the state or feeling of being pleased.
Top questions with wound
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