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WOOND/wuːnd/

A wound is an injury where skin or flesh is cut or torn; as a verb, to injure that way: dress the wound; a gunshot wound. Injury is wider; cut is smaller. Dress the wound before discussing infection. Pronunciation: /wuːnd/ for the injury; /waʊnd/ is the past of wind. Mix-up: would is the modal (already in the dictionary). Do not write wound for a bruise with no break in the skin.

Meaning

An injury in which the skin or flesh is cut or torn; also (verb) to injure that way.

Examples

• “Dress the wound before you discuss infection in the first-aid paper.”
• “The headline wounded the trust’s reputation, which is the metaphorical sense.”

Good to know

a deep / open wound; wound + person. Injury IPA: /wuːnd/. Past of wind: /waʊnd/. Trap: would. First aid and news. A break in the flesh, not a bruise.

Near in meaning

injury

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