Meaning & use
wound
An injury in which the skin or another body tissue is cut, torn, or pierced.
See it in a sentence
The medic quickly cleaned and bandaged the deep wound on the soldier's arm.
Years later, the insult still felt like an open wound to her pride.
A note on using this word
As a noun, 'wound' rhymes with 'moon'; as the past tense of 'wind' (to turn or coil), it rhymes with 'round', a common pronunciation trap.
Words with a similar meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
The past tense and past participle of 'wind', meaning turned, coiled, or twisted around something.
She wound the scarf twice around her neck before stepping into the snow.
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