wound1 nounwound2 verbwound3
woundwound1 /wuːnd/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINwound2
Origin:
Old English wundEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Barratt was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his chest and neck.
- gunshot wounds
- He died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of his head.
- The wound was deep and needed eighteen stitches.
- The war left many veterans with deep emotional wounds.
- After having been in the dumps about my personal life, I was hoping to leave those wounds behind.
- Ainslie, 56, suffered shrapnel wounds to his legs.
- Dole overcame both rural poverty and, even more remarkably, war wounds that might have killed a lesser person.
- He died 27 October 1942 from wounds received the previous day in battle.
- I knew that something had been damaged between us, but nothing about how to heal the wound.
- These dead sheep had only puncture wounds.
THESAURUS
damage to part of your body caused by an accident or an attack: · The passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
an injury, especially a deep cut in your skin made by a knife, bullet, or bomb: · He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
a small injury made when a sharp object cuts your skin: · Blood was running from a cut on his chin.
a dark mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit: · Jack often comes home from playing rugby covered in bruises.
a small injury that marks your skin or breaks the surface slightly: · She fell off her bike and got a few grazes on her legs and knees.
a long deep cut: · He had a deep gash across his forehead.
an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it against something: · How did you get that bump on your head?
an injury to your ankle, wrist, knee etc, caused by suddenly twisting it: · It’s a slight sprain – you should rest your ankle for a week.
an injury to a muscle caused by stretching it or using it too much: · a muscle strain in his neck
a crack or broken part in a bone: · a hip fracture
Longman Language Activatordamage to a part of the body · The glass roof collapsed onto the crowd, causing horrific injuries.· Our insurance provides cover in the case of illness or injury.leg/back etc injury · Unfortunately, she had to withdraw from the game because of a leg injury.serious injury · Wearing a helmet may protect you from serious injury.suffer an injury (=be injured) · He suffered serious injuries in the car crash, and died on the way to hospital.escape injury (=not be injured) · Ten passengers were lucky to escape injury when their train was derailed last night.injury to your leg/chest etc · Morrison had to undergo surgery on an injury to his left knee.
an injury caused by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: deep wound: · The wound was deep and needed eighteen stitches.bullet/stab/gunshot etc wound: · Barratt was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his chest and neck.wound to the leg/chest etc: · He died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of his head.
a dark, painful mark on your skin where you have fallen or been hit: · Jenny looked as though she'd been crying, and there was a nasty bruise on her cheek.be covered in cuts and bruises: · Jack often comes home from rugby covered in cuts and bruises.
an injury in which you hurt a joint by twisting or pulling it suddenly and awkwardly: · It's a slight sprain - you should rest it for a few days.ankle/shoulder/knee etc sprain: · Robinson is suffering from an ankle sprain, and can't train this week.
written an injury that will take a long time to get better or that may never get better: · Never look straight at the sun. Any damage to the retina could cause permanent blindness.· Rubella is a serious infection, which can cause severe physical damage to the unborn child.
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nouninfusion, nouningrowing, adjectiveinoculate, verbinoperable, adjectiveinsane, adjectiveinsanity, nouninsomnia, nouninsomniac, nouninstability, nounintensive care, nounintravenous, adjectiveinvalid, nouninvalidity, nouninvasive, adjectiveirregular, adjectiveirritable bowel syndrome, nounirritant, nounirritate, verbirritated, adjectiveirritation, noun-ism, suffixisolation, nounjaundice, nounjaundiced, adjectivejet lag, nounknock-kneed, adjectiveknotted, adjectivelaceration, nounlaryngitis, nounlegionnaire's disease, nounleper, nounleprosy, nounlesion, nounleukemia, nounlisp, nounlisteria, nounliverish, adjectivelockjaw, nounlong-sighted, adjectiveloose, adjectivelozenge, nounlumbago, nounlunacy, nounLyme disease, nounmad cow disease, nounmalady, nounmalaise, nounmalaria, nounmalformation, nounmalignancy, nounmalignant, adjectivemalnourished, adjectivemalnutrition, nounmange, nounmangy, adjectivemania, nounmanic, adjectivemanic depression, nounmastitis, nounME, nounmeasles, nounmedicinal, adjectivemegalomania, nounmegalomaniac, nounmelancholia, nounmelancholic, adjectivemelanoma, nounmend, verbmeningitis, nounmentally handicapped, adjectivemigraine, nounmild, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmole, nounmongol, nounmono, nounmononucleosis, nounmorbid, adjectivemorning sickness, nounmoron, nounmotion sickness, nounmotor neurone disease, nounMRI, nounMRSA, nounMS, nounmultiple sclerosis, nounmumps, nounmurmur, nounmusclebound, adjectivemuscular dystrophy, nounmute, adjectivemute, nounmyopia, nounmyopic, adjectivemyxomatosis, nounnarcolepsy, nounnausea, nounnauseate, verbnauseous, adjectivenearsighted, adjectivenervous breakdown, nounnettle rash, nounneuralgia, nounneurosis, nounneurotic, adjectivenosebleed, nounnotifiable, adjectiveNSU, nounobesity, nounoff-colour, adjectiveoperate, verboperation, nounophthalmic, adjectiveophthalmology, noun-osis, suffixosteoarthritis, nounosteopathy, nounosteoporosis, nounoutpatient, nounoverbite, nounpacemaker, nounpaediatrics, 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verbwriter's cramp, nounyaws, nounyeast infection, nounyellow fever, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + wound
Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion. gunshot wounds Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society. He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart. Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities. a soldier with shrapnel wounds in his chest
· He was taken to Broomfield Hospital with serious head wounds.
· Surgeons had to put three stitches in a deep wound in his shoulder.
· His wounds, luckily, were minor.
· The victim died of chest wounds.
· Her body was found with 37 stab wounds at her home in William Street.
· Deaths from gunshot wounds have soared in this part of London.
· He walked with a limp, the result of an old war wound.
(=one that does not injure bones or parts inside the body)· It’s only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so.
(=one where the skin has not yet healed)· Sports players should not continue to play with open wounds.
(=one that is wide and open)· Blood spurted from his gaping wounds.
(=where a bullet enters or leaves someone’s body)· The exit wound was only slightly larger than the entry wound.
verbs· The victim had suffered multiple wounds to his back and stomach.
· These fish can inflict serious wounds.
(=clean it and cover it with cloth)· The nurse dressed my wound.
· She finished cleaning the wound and began bandaging the arm.
· The wound is healing nicely.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=killed or wounded while fighting)· Four of her sons have been killed in action.
· Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
· He died from a bullet wound to his chest.
· He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion. gunshot wounds Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.· She died from a single knife wound.
He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart. Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities.· He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
a soldier with shrapnel wounds in his chest· He still suffered pain from an old war wound.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· To this day the party has never quite healed the deep wounds left by what remains probably its most traumatic internal crisis.· A metal object was used to gouge a deep wound in the animal's forehead.· Surgeons had to put three stitches in a deep wound in his shoulder.· Every negative comment was a deep wound because he wanted everyone to love him.· Police said the severely-shocked horse suffered three deep wounds which needed stitches.
· He suffered gaping wounds to his torso.· Pressure points ... To close gaping wounds, use needle and thread.· The pellet went right through the cat's neck and came out the other side, leaving a gaping wound.· Vicious thugs had speared him leaving a gaping wound exposing the bone.· In terms of a public health perspective, the decision certainly rubbed salt into the tobacco industry's already gaping wounds.· Abruptly the full moon passed across the gaping wound in their roof and no longer shone directly into the room.
· Dipendra, 29, died of gunshot wounds three days later without regaining consciousness.· Each of them will testify that in his opinion death in each instance was caused by gunshot wounds in the head.· Deaths from gunshot wounds have soared among black youths, while deaths from other forms of violence have remained level.· Hospital officials said seven people were treated for gunshot wounds and that two were in serious condition.· We have cured hundreds of people from Chicago, Ill., from gunshot wounds inflicted in attempted murders and robberies.
· There was further bad news on the injury front both stand-offs received head wounds.· Men with blood streaming from their head wounds stood defiantly hurling stones.· I had head wounds and a beautiful black, discoloured eye, which was closed.· He had head wounds and his throat had been cut.
· Paint any very large pruning wounds with pbi Arbrex.· He had a large wound in the leg and a large wound in the arm and had bled to death.· It was Les, he had a large wound in his chest, caused by a piece of shrapnel.· He had a large wound in the leg and a large wound in the arm and had bled to death.· The large majority of wounds seen in the A&E department belong to this category.· Five days previously, a clothes drier had fallen on her leg and a large infected wound had developed.
· Even those with the so called minor wounds are taken out of the situation as their appearance can affect the morale of the others.· Two men had minor wounds, but the shrapnel cut up my radio gear.· Six had minor gunshot wounds, the seventh had tripped over a fallen tree and broken an arm.· In 1945, he came home with minor wounds and several medals.· Examples of actual bodily harm include minor wounds, sprains, strains and bruises.· Zahir Shah, who escaped with minor wounds.· His victim had been lucky, escaping with only minor wounds.
· This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.· His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.· The Bloodthirster took advantage of Indraugnir's distraction to strike a mortal wound.
· Kelly, who was in her early 20s, was airlifted to hospital with multiple stab wounds but was dead on arrival.· Victim had multiple stab wounds and was partially burned.· All had multiple gunshot wounds except the 4-year-old, who suffered one wound to the chest, authorities said.· Trauma centers more often are seeing bodies riddled by automatic-fire weapons or multiple stab wounds.
· Whatever the outcome, Marcos's death has opened old wounds.· This is life as a mix of hard feelings, old wounds and some insights into how surprising the heart can be.· Why do you want to probe into old wounds like this?· Before the old wound Can be healed, there is fresh blood flowing.· They were both back and front, obviously bullet wounds; and there was another old wound high on his right arm.· Both were men given to passionate intensities; and I believe both had taken up positions in response to old psychic wounds.· All that had happened to Jenna was that an old, painful wound had reopened.· But it didn't always heal old wounds.
· The caterers, Mr and Mrs Sharpstone, were the sort of people you could lay on an open wound.· Mr Barraza wrapped the towel around my shoulders, like a medic covering an open wound.· A man playing cards had an open wound in his forehead, blood dripping on to the crib board.· Healthy people can contract necrotizing fasciitis, but people with chronic illnesses or open wounds are more susceptible.· Open years are proving to be open wounds for Lloyd's.· I grew as red in the face as an open wound.· In one case a woman waited three quarters of an hour with her child screaming with an open wound.· It was a city of open wounds, of explosive politics and feelings.
· But a postmortem found no evidence of serious wounds on her body.· Vandenberg got his wish, although it took a serious wound to achieve it.· The victim suffered serious head wounds and is stable in hospital.· Another six Leeds fans were treated in hospital for injuries; two had serious stab wounds.· It should be noted that a wound need not be a serious wound, yet the harm must be serious.· He was taken to Broomfield Hospital with serious head wounds.· Robert said that his brother had shot him without warning from about ten feet, inflicting a serious thigh wound.
· There were six deep and severe scalp wounds.· He took part in the battle for Madrid, which began on 7 November 1936, and received a severe head wound.
NOUN· Some of them also had other bullet wounds.· Because of the bullet wounds, the casket had been closed, which was a relief for him.· Of the ten animals successfully darted, nine had buckshot or bullet wounds.· In real life, Selena ran out of that motel room with a bullet wound, and bled to death.· There were two bullet wounds, one on the shoulder and a deeper one behind the head.· Seven bullet wounds, or nine, or 13, according to various accounts.· They were both back and front, obviously bullet wounds; and there was another old wound high on his right arm.· Y., resident still limps from a bullet wound suffered days after his rescue effort.
· Casualties amounted to one man killed, a few flesh wounds and two jeeps destroyed.· The healthy kind is analogous to how the body treats a simple flesh wound.· Even so, it's only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so.
· This requires a clear understanding of the cellular and biochemical process of wound healing and the mechanisms of individual types of injury.· Hydrcolloid dressings provide an ideal environment for wound healing.· To do this, management protocols must be based on available knowledge on wound healing.· An understanding of the basic mechanisms of wound healing is fundamental to the planning of care for each individual wound.· Mrs Allen initially had little understanding of the importance of diet in wound healing.· Does he or she have a significant past medical history which will influence good wound healing?· The micro-environment probably has the potential for balancing the timing of wound healing if left undisturbed.
· Most had been shot; some had knife wounds.· A post-mortem examination disclosed she had died from a single knife wound, which had severed the artery.· But Professor Burney said that the knife wound measures one and four-tenths inches across.· Nor that Mrs Jenkins emerged from the confusion with a knife wound.· We see a different connection, because of the knife wounds ... I shall never get any further in this force, lad.· He was castrated and his body bore extensive cigarette burns and bullet and knife wounds.· Police were called by neighbours and found 2 others, a woman and her son, suffering from knife wounds.· Mrs Lundberg is in hospital with knife wounds, her son has been treated and released.
· Suppose, however, that the superficial injury swells up and develops into an incapacitating leg wound.· He was hospitalised and needed 28 stitches to a leg wound.· He was released from hospital after treatment to a leg wound.
· The other victims-five women and two men-suffered shrapnel wounds.· Ainslie, 56, suffered shrapnel wounds to his legs.· He said 56 people had treatment at the hospital, mostly for shrapnel wounds.· She incurred shrapnel wounds as well as third-degree burns.
· The Tyrone man, a member of Belfast's gay community, died from multiple injuries and stab wounds.· Victim had multiple stab wounds and was partially burned.· Kelly, who was in her early 20s, was airlifted to hospital with multiple stab wounds but was dead on arrival.· Trauma centers more often are seeing bodies riddled by automatic-fire weapons or multiple stab wounds.· Another six Leeds fans were treated in hospital for injuries; two had serious stab wounds.· The medical examiner testified that one of the stab wounds was forceful enough to break Downing ribs.· A post-mortem examination showed he died from head injuries and stab wounds.· Eighteen stone Sian bravely fought for her life but collapsed with nine stab wounds in her back.
· Dole overcame both rural poverty and, even more remarkably, war wounds that might have killed a lesser person.· Oglethorpe does of course, with that old war wound.· His war wound which had pained him earlier was now turning to agony.
VERB· In any case, the argument was quite remote from Lenin's preoccupation with binding up the wounds of national estrangement.· Test-match broadcasting and his writing helped bind many personal wounds.· I know you go out on patrol with them and bind up their wounds and so on.· Stephen saw the white of a field dressing flap as Byrne began to bind the wounds.
· The conduct may be either causing a wound or causing grievous bodily harm.· Each of them will testify that in his opinion death in each instance was caused by gunshot wounds in the head.· Parts of the opponent are frozen solid and turn into ice, causing terrible wounds or killing him outright.· This is almost always caused by bad wound management.· The spikes also have a 50% chance of causing infected wounds.· The living targets will be tethered - then marksmen will shoot at different parts of their bodies to cause battlefield-type wounds.
· Wearily, she sponged her torso and stomach, cleaning her wounds.· Hospital officials cleaned and bandaged his wound and sent him home with a pair of crutches, Ross said.· They put Catherine on a comfortable sofa, cleaned her wound and fed her with cakes and wine.· I found the first-aid kit, cleaned and bandaged the wound, then sat with him on the porch.· Those hands, she thought, one resting lightly on her thigh while the other cleaned the wound.· Shelley cleaned the wound very thoroughly and bound it up with a clean dressing.· I sent for a doctor, who cleaned her wounds.
· He lost an eye at the Battle of the Jaws, and wears an iron patch to cover the wound.· Mr Barraza wrapped the towel around my shoulders, like a medic covering an open wound.· Her eyes were dull and she was covered in scars and wounds.
· It's three years to the day since Tony Alliss died from gunshot wounds.· When he died of wounds suffered in the Civil War, she was left on her own.· He died of his wounds in Shifa hospital, they said.· Now, aged seventy-three, he was dying of his wounds.· One more man died of his wounds later.· He died from a shotgun wound.· The victim died of chest wounds.
· In those days the warriors fought by day - in the open - and at night they dressed one another's wounds.· I made a feeble gesture to dress his wound but realized he was dead.· She used to carry pads of cotton wool to dress the wounds from the chafing.· The next morning Benjamin dressed my wounds and we began our journey back to Calais.· Often the client is seen by the most junior doctors, who rely on the sister's expertise to dress the wound.
· Some survive, of course: time heals a few wounds, wounds a few heels.· The faces, the words of dedication and the monument itself seemed to heal wounds.· A: It is going to still be difficult to heal the wounds that the war left.· To this day the party has never quite healed the deep wounds left by what remains probably its most traumatic internal crisis.· Cupid was healed of his wound by now and longing for Psyche.· But it didn't always heal old wounds.· We started with the best of intentions, to heal the new wounds of an industrial, urban society.
· The hollow spur is connected to a venom gland situated behind the knee, and can inflict an agonising wound.· This spine has a serrated edge and can inflict painful wounds.· Even if they can't inflict any wounds they can still swamp him with weight of numbers.· Robert said that his brother had shot him without warning from about ten feet, inflicting a serious thigh wound.
· But won't they leave a wound?· After having been in the dumps about my personal life, I was hoping to leave those wounds behind.· The pellet went right through the cat's neck and came out the other side, leaving a gaping wound.· Vicious thugs had speared him leaving a gaping wound exposing the bone.· The closure of this pit has left an open wound in their collective psyche.· We left the wound open overnight to dry.· I'd learned already that you had just to leave bullet wounds open for a few days.
· The researchers injected formalin into animals' paws and watched how often they licked the wound.· We thought the murderous hordes were beaten and whimpering out in the jungles, licking their wounds.· Real togetherness Einstein licked his wounds after his long drawn out battle with Bohr about the uncertainty principle.· Eventually they would withdraw those investments, turn inward, lick their wounds, repair their factories, and bolster their stock.· The more time she had to lick her wounds, the better.· Sometimes they choose to lick their wounds in quiet or stay in a shut-down state, raging inward1y for years.· At least we were in good hands while we licked our wounds.
· Somewhere the sturdy beggars nursed their wounds and cursed.· An angel came down from heaven and nursed his wounds.· In the meantime left-handed Trevor is nursing the wounds he claims the nurse didn't detect.· Or central defender Teale who limped out of White Hart Lane, also nursing a wound above his left eye.· Those who stay behind spend their time looking for jobs, playing office politics or simply nursing their wounds.
· He also received wounds to the abdomen.· Less than one percent of stabbing victims received more than 50 wounds, he said.· As clearly as she recalled that spring day so long ago when she had received the small wound.· Wallace received the wound of which he shortly afterwards died.· The other two, one 18 years old and the other 30, received thigh wounds.· His leg was amputated within less than half an hour after his receiving the wound.
· But he could not recover from the wound inflicted by the man once so close to him.· Both are recovering from their wounds.· The girl has recovered from her wounds but is still taking tablets to sleep at night.
· Leeson was looking around for inspiration, a topic that didn't rub salt into wounds.· It was rather like having a heated dagger thrust into the eyeball and twisted, then caustic soda rubbed in the wound.· To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.· He just goes around there to rub dirt in their wounds.· Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
· The victim suffered serious head wounds and is stable in hospital.· Many of the survivors of both ships had suffered wounds.· Undead struck and wounded by a Runefang suffer two wounds.· Sandoz said up to 14 million people, most of whom suffer from chronic wounds, could use the product.· He'd suffered wounds to his head and chest.· Ainslie, 56, suffered shrapnel wounds to his legs.· The other victims-five women and two men-suffered shrapnel wounds.· Until then she must see that her son was securely guarded in his chamber where he was still suffering from his wound.
· The reports said two other women were being treated for gunshot wounds.· The healthy kind is analogous to how the body treats a simple flesh wound.· Both injured firemen were treated for slight wounds at Northampton General Hospital.· Hospital officials said seven people were treated for gunshot wounds and that two were in serious condition.· The injured man has been treated for shot wounds and is back home tonight.· Dougal tried to distract himself from what he was doing by treating the wounds as a mental puzzle.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► time is a great healer/heals all wounds
1an injury to your body that is made by a weapon such as a knife or a bullet: - Seeing my ex-boyfriend opened some old wounds.
- In her innocent curiosity, Cissie had opened old wounds.
- Whatever the outcome, Marcos's death has opened old wounds.
- Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
- The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
- The day after the election, many defeated conservatives were licking their wounds.
- At least we were in good hands while we licked our wounds.
- Eventually they would withdraw those investments, turn inward, lick their wounds, repair their factories, and bolster their stock.
- Feeling hurt, and wanting to lick her wounds in private, another sort of pride came to Fabia then.
- Real togetherness Einstein licked his wounds after his long drawn out battle with Bohr about the uncertainty principle.
- Sometimes they choose to lick their wounds in quiet or stay in a shut-down state, raging inward1y for years.
- The more time she had to lick her wounds, the better.
- We thought the murderous hordes were beaten and whimpering out in the jungles, licking their wounds.
- As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
- Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
- His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
- Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
- This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
- Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
- Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
- To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.
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► see thesaurus at injury2a 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.3open 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)COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + woundserious/severe/bad· He was taken to Broomfield Hospital with serious head wounds.deep· Surgeons had to put three stitches in a deep wound in his shoulder.minor· His wounds, luckily, were minor.a head/leg etc wound· The victim died of chest wounds.a stab/knife wound· Her body was found with 37 stab wounds at her home in William Street.a gunshot/bullet wound· Deaths from gunshot wounds have soared in this part of London.a war wound· He walked with a limp, the result of an old war wound.a flesh wound (=one that does not injure bones or parts inside the body)· It’s only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so.an open wound (=one where the skin has not yet healed)· Sports players should not continue to play with open wounds.a gaping wound (=one that is wide and open)· Blood spurted from his gaping wounds.the entry/exit wound (=where a bullet enters or leaves someone’s body)· The exit wound was only slightly larger than the entry wound.verbssuffer/receive a wound· The victim had suffered multiple wounds to his back and stomach.inflict a wound· These fish can inflict serious wounds.dress a wound (=clean it and cover it with cloth)· The nurse dressed my wound.clean/bathe a wound· She finished cleaning the wound and began bandaging the arm.a wound heals· The wound is healing nicely.wound1 nounwound2 verbwound3
woundwound2 ●●○ W3 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
wound
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | wound |
| he, she, it | wounds | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | wounded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have wounded |
| he, she, it | has wounded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had wounded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will wound |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have wounded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am wounding |
| he, she, it | is wounding | |
| you, we, they | are wounding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was wounding |
| you, we, they | were wounding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been wounding |
| he, she, it | has been wounding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been wounding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be wounding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been wounding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a wounding remark
- Police managed to wound one of the hijackers.
- The bullet wounded him in the shoulder.
- Two boys were on trial for wounding a sixteen-year-old girl with a revolver.
THESAURUSto injure yourself or someone else
to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body: · She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly.· Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting: · One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks.· Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun: · The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.
[usually passive] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion: · In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it: · The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin: · Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.
to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving: · I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much: · When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position: · Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
[usually passive] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body: · A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.
Longman Language Activatorto hurt or injure someone to cause physical harm to someone and make them feel pain: · Let go of my arm! You're hurting me!· Dan was a good man. He'd never hurt anyone deliberately.hurt somebody with something: · Put the stick down, Terry. You might hurt someone with it.
to cause physical harm to someone, for example in an accident or fight: · The bomb killed eleven people and injured 55.badly/seriously/critically injure: · Several shots were fired, critically injuring three women.
to injure someone with a weapon such as a knife or gun, causing cuts, bleeding etc: · Two boys were on trial for wounding a sixteen-year-old girl with a revolver.wound somebody in the chest/knee etc: · The bullet wounded him in the shoulder.
formal to deliberately hurt a person or an animal: · Inflicting pain as a means of teaching children discipline is wrong.inflict pain on: · Most drugs can be produced quite successfully without inflicting pain on helpless animals.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadverbs Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion. gunshot wounds Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society. He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart. Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities. a soldier with shrapnel wounds in his chest
· Her husband was seriously wounded in the attack.
(=be so badly wounded that you might die)· He was critically wounded in the attack.
· On that same day, he was mortally wounded by an assassin.
· Two people were shot and slightly wounded.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=killed or wounded while fighting)· Four of her sons have been killed in action.
· Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
· He died from a bullet wound to his chest.
· He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion. gunshot wounds Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.· She died from a single knife wound.
He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart. Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities.· He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
a soldier with shrapnel wounds in his chest· He still suffered pain from an old war wound.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The drastic cuts come a week after Aldershot were wound up and rekindle fears for several Fourth Division clubs facing closure.· That was why Frye wound up teaching attitude as much as grammar.· Initially a conscientious objector, he joined the army in 1941 and wound up a captain in the Middle East.· He could have wound up dead.· As a result, it wound up 41-21 for Miami, and it was never really that close.· The company was compulsorily wound up after trading for 10 months with a deficiency of around £150,000.· Bellcore wound up bidding on the job after all, along with three other outfits.
NOUN· He wound the car window down and enjoyed the clear air and the sunlit view over the Perthshire countryside.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► time is a great healer/heals all wounds
1to injure someone with a knife, gun etc: - Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
- The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
- The day after the election, many defeated conservatives were licking their wounds.
- At least we were in good hands while we licked our wounds.
- Eventually they would withdraw those investments, turn inward, lick their wounds, repair their factories, and bolster their stock.
- Feeling hurt, and wanting to lick her wounds in private, another sort of pride came to Fabia then.
- Real togetherness Einstein licked his wounds after his long drawn out battle with Bohr about the uncertainty principle.
- Sometimes they choose to lick their wounds in quiet or stay in a shut-down state, raging inward1y for years.
- The more time she had to lick her wounds, the better.
- We thought the murderous hordes were beaten and whimpering out in the jungles, licking their wounds.
- As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
- Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
- His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
- Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
- This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
- Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
- Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
- To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.
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 thesaurus at hurt2to make someone feel unhappy or upset SYN hurt: I was deeply wounded by his comments. He made some very wounding remarks.COLLOCATIONSadverbsbe badly/seriously wounded· Her husband was seriously wounded in the attack.be critically wounded (=be so badly wounded that you might die)· He was critically wounded in the attack.be mortally/fatally wounded· On that same day, he was mortally wounded by an assassin.be slightly wounded· Two people were shot and slightly wounded.wound1 nounwound2 verbwound3
woundwound3 /waʊnd/ COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion. gunshot wounds Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society. He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart. Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities. a soldier with shrapnel wounds in his chest
(=killed or wounded while fighting)· Four of her sons have been killed in action.
· Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
· He died from a bullet wound to his chest.
· He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion. gunshot wounds Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.· She died from a single knife wound.
He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart. Avoid using words that might offend someone’s racial or moral sensibilities.· He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
a soldier with shrapnel wounds in his chest· He still suffered pain from an old war wound.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► time is a great healer/heals all wounds
the past tense and past participle of wind2- Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
- The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
- The day after the election, many defeated conservatives were licking their wounds.
- At least we were in good hands while we licked our wounds.
- Eventually they would withdraw those investments, turn inward, lick their wounds, repair their factories, and bolster their stock.
- Feeling hurt, and wanting to lick her wounds in private, another sort of pride came to Fabia then.
- Real togetherness Einstein licked his wounds after his long drawn out battle with Bohr about the uncertainty principle.
- Sometimes they choose to lick their wounds in quiet or stay in a shut-down state, raging inward1y for years.
- The more time she had to lick her wounds, the better.
- We thought the murderous hordes were beaten and whimpering out in the jungles, licking their wounds.
- As she reads or hears the news reports of battles, she can ascertain whether he is in mortal danger.
- Hellenism no longer represented a mortal danger.
- His dragon had taken a mortal wound as he and Caledor clashed on the battlefield.
- Railroad traffic is a mortal danger.
- This rust-blood pouring from mortal wounds in the planet's skin is a terrible indictment of the tyranny we climbers inflict.
- Yesterday, the joint shop stewards committee of Corporate Jets said a loss of production would be a mortal blow.
- Boro rubbed salt into the wound by scoring with their first genuine scoring attempt.
- To rub salt into the wound, they had Michael Mols sent off.