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21wound — 01. My grandfather was [wounded] in the leg during the war. 02. Many soldiers died of their [wounds] in the First World War because medical science wasn t as advanced back then as it is today. 03. A homemade bomb exploded on the bus, killing 3,… …
22wound — 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… …
23wound — I VERB FORM OF WIND (Pronounced [[t]wa͟ʊnd[/t]] in wound 1, and [[t]wu͟ːnd[/t]] in wound 2.) Wound is the past tense and past participle of wind 2. II INJURY ♦♦ wounds, wounding, wounded (Pronounced [[t]wa͟ʊnd[/t]] in wound 1, and [[t]wu͟ːnd[/t]] …
24wound — in·wound; re·wound; un·wound; un·wound·able; wound; wound·i·ly; wound·ing·ly; wound·less; wound·ed·ly; …
25wound — wound1 [ wund ] noun count ** an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged, usually seriously. When a wound gets better it heals: He suffered serious wounds to his back and stomach. a head/chest/leg wound: There was blood pouring down his… …
26wound — I UK [wuːnd] / US [wund] noun [countable] Word forms wound : singular wound plural wounds ** 1) an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged, usually seriously. When a wound gets better it heals He suffered serious wounds to his back and… …
27wound up — adjective brought to a state of great tension (Freq. 1) all wound up for a fight • Syn: ↑aroused • Similar to: ↑tense * * * wound up UK [ˌwaʊnd ˈʌp] US adjective …
28wound — {{11}}wound (n.) O.E. wund hurt, injury, from P.Gmc. *wundaz (Cf. O.S. wunda, O.N. und, O.Fris. wunde, O.H.G. wunta, Ger. wunde wound ), perhaps from PIE root *wen to beat, wound. {{12}}wound (v.) O.E. wundian, from the source of …
29wound — I [[t]wund[/t]] older use and lit. [[t]waʊnd[/t]] n. 1) pat an injury, usu. involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease 2) ppa a similar… …
30wound — 1. Trauma to any of the tissues of the body, especially that caused by physical means and with interruption of continuity. 2. A surgical incision. [O.E. wund] abraded w. SYN: abrasion (1). avulsed w. a w. caused by or resulting from avulsion.… …
