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KK Pronunciation

〔 wund 〕

Pronunciation

〔 wu:nd 〕


Overview of noun wound

The noun wound has 4 senses


  • wound, lesion -- (an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin))

  • wound, injury, combat injury -- (a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat)

  • wound -- (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)

  • wound, wounding -- (the act of inflicting a wound)


Overview of verb wound

The verb wound has 2 senses


  • injure, wound -- (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

  • hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite -- (hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego")


Overview of verb wind

The verb wind has 7 senses


  • weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body")

  • wind, twist, curve -- (extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest")

  • wind, wrap, roll, twine -- (arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child")

  • scent, nose, wind -- (catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs")

  • wind, wind up -- (coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch")

  • wreathe, wind -- (form into a wreath)

  • hoist, lift, wind -- (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car")


Overview of adj wound

The adj wound has 1 sense


  • wound -- (put in a coil)