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- Dictionarywound/wuːnd/
noun
- 1. an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken: "a knife wound" Similar
verb
- 1. inflict a wound on: "the sergeant was seriously wounded" Similar Opposite
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WOUND definition: 1. a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by a weapon: 2. a…. Learn more.
The meaning of WOUND is an injury to the body (as from violence, accident, or surgery) that typically involves laceration or breaking of a membrane (such as the skin) and usually damage to underlying tissues. How to use wound in a sentence.
wound, a break in the continuity of any bodily tissue due to violence, where violence is understood to encompass any action of external agency, including, for example, surgery. Within this general definition many subdivisions are possible, taking into account and grouping together the various forms of violence or tissue damage.
A wound is damage to part of your body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, which is caused by a gun, knife, or other weapon. The wound is healing nicely. Six soldiers are reported to have died from their wounds.
A wound is any disruption of or damage to living tissue, such as skin, mucous membranes, or organs. [1][2] Wounds can either be the sudden result of direct trauma (mechanical, thermal, chemical), or can develop slowly over time due to underlying disease processes such as diabetes mellitus, venous/arterial insufficiency, or immunologic disease. [3]
mental or emotional pain caused by something unpleasant that has been said or done to you. Seeing him again opened up old wounds. They say that time heals all wounds. After a serious argument, it can take some time for the wounds to heal. The incident remains a festering wound. Word Origin. Idioms. lick your wounds.
WOUND meaning: 1 : an injury that is caused when a knife, bullet, etc., cuts or breaks the skin; 2 : a feeling of sadness, anger, etc., that is caused by something bad that has happened to you
WOUND definition: 1. an injury, especially one that is made by a knife or bullet 2. to injure someone, especially…. Learn more.
wound [often passive] (somewhat formal) to injure part of the body, especially by making a hole in the skin using a weapon: Two people were killed and dozens more wounded in the attack. Wound is often used to talk about people being hurt in war or in other attacks which affect a lot of people.
1. (Pathology) any break in the skin or an organ or part as the result of violence or a surgical incision. 2. (Botany) an injury to plant tissue.
