wound
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- Regno Unito//ˈwuːnd//
- Regno Unito//ˈwʉwnd//
- Regno Unito//wawnd//
- Stati Uniti//ˈwund//
- Stati Uniti//ˈwaʊ̯nd//
- Stati Uniti/[ˈwaʊ̯nd]/
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
sostantivo
- 1
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine.
Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.
I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.
- 2
figuratoA hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
- 3
An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
Etimologia
Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, toil, win”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wuunde (“wound”), Cimbrian bunta (“wound”), Dutch wond, wonde (“wound”), German Wunde (“wonde”), Luxembourgish Wonn (“wound”), Yiddish וווּנד (vund, “wound”), Icelandic und (“wound”), Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*wunda, “wound”) (whence 𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (wundufni, “disease, plague”)); also Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to destroy; to catch a disease”). Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną (“to wound”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian buntan (“to wound”), Dutch wonden (“to wound”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐌽 (gawundōn, “to wound”).
verbo
- 1
To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.
- 2
To hurt (a person's feelings).
The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.
I find neglect or rejection from my own community much harder to take and more wounding than the same thing or worse from the outside world.
verbo
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Anche una forma di windsimple past and past participle of wind
“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”
Etimologia
See wind (Etymology 2)
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