wound

plural wounds · alternative obsolete wounde

1. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

   Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.

   1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]

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   I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.

   1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

   The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.

   2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport

   1. criminal lawAn injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
2. figurativelyA hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

   It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

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   Art thou that villaine in whoſe damned mouth, / Was neuer heard of any woꝛd but woundes?

   1599, [Thomas Heywood], “[The First Part]”, in The First and Second Partes of King Edward the Fourth. […], London: […] I. W. for Iohn Oxenbridge, […], →OCLC, signature C2, recto

   Synonyms: slight, slur, insult

present singular third person wounds · participle present wounding · participle past wounded · past wounded · first person past singular wounded · archaic present second person singular woundest · past second person singular wounded · archaic past second person singular woundedst · present singular third person wounds · archaic present singular third person woundeth · past singular third person wounded · past plural wounded · past subjunctive wounded · participle present wounding · participle past wounded · alternative obsolete wounde

1. transitiveTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

   The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

   Synonyms: damage, harm, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere

2. transitiveTo hurt (a person's feelings).

   The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

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   I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.

   1984 December 8, Michael Bronski, Andrea Loewenstein, “Family & Friends: Writers Talk Community”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 12

   Synonyms: affront, hurt, abuse, affront, burn, carry, cut down, disrespect

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of wind

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   “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”

   1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020