wound

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 took several months for his wounds to heal .

suffer/receive a wound

▪ Several of the victims suffered severe stab wounds.

head/leg etc wound

▪ He was treated in hospital for head wounds.

stab/knife/gunshot wound

▪ He died of gunshot wounds.

▪ The doctor said it was only a flesh wound (=one that does not cut the skin very deeply) .

▪ a gaping wound (=one that is wide and open) on his thigh

2.) a feeling of emotional or mental pain that you get when someone says or does something unpleasant to you

▪ It will take much longer for the mental wounds to heal .

3.) open old wounds

to remind someone of unpleasant things that happened in the past

→lick your wounds at ↑lick¹ (6)

→rub salt into the wound at ↑rub¹ (6)

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HINT

Do not confuse with wound , the past tense and past participle of the verb wind , which has a different pronunciation

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wound ³

wound³ v [T]

1.) to injure someone with a knife, gun etc

▪ Gunmen killed two people and wounded six others in an attack today.

be badly/seriously/critically etc wounded

▪ Five people were killed and many others were seriously wounded in the attack.

be mortally/fatally wounded

(=be wounded so badly that you die) see usage note ↑damage²

2.) to make someone feel unhappy or upset

▪ I was deeply wounded by his comments.

▪ He made some very wounding remarks.