injury
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi//
- United Kingdom//ˈɪn.d͡ʒɹi//
- United States//ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i//
- United States//ˈɪn.d͡ʒɹi//
- //ˈɪɲdʒʊri//
Damage to the body of a living thing.
noun
- 1
Damage to the body of a living thing.
The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
Minor injuries such as cuts and abrasions are cleaned and bandaged on site; serious injuries require an ambulance call.
Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.
Soft tissue injuries are the bane of any physically active person. They are the most common injuries in sport, can be difficult to heal and often reoccur, according to Sports Medicine Australia.
- 2
Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
- 3
The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
Slander is an injury to the character.
- 4
Injustice.
Etymology
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo wrong, to injure.
The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.
Forms
- plural
- injuries
- past tense
- injuried
- past participle
- injuried
- present participle
- injurying
- third person singular
- injuries
injury · Damage to the body of a living thing.
injustice · Absence of justice; unjustice.Injustice · Justice (title of a justice of court), seen as being unjust.ink · A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.