wound meaning and definition

WOUND noun

Definition of wound (noun)

1. an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
   • synonyms: lesion
2. a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
   • synonyms: combat injury, injury
3. a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride)
   • "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost
4. the act of inflicting a wound
   • synonyms: wounding

WOUND verb

Definition of wound (verb)

1. cause injuries or bodily harm to
   • synonyms: injure
2. hurt the feelings of
   • "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
   • synonyms: bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite

WOUND adjective

Definition of wound (adjective)

1. put in a coil