Wound - Definition
wound
adj 1: put in a coil
n 1: an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving
a cut or break in the skin) [syn: wound, lesion]
2: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn:
wound, injury, combat injury]
3: 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
4: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: wound, wounding]
v 1: cause injuries or bodily harm to [syn: injure, wound]
2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]