| wound |
imp. & past participle |
of Wind, of Wind, imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing., A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like., Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc., An injury to the person by which the skin is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the body, involving some solution of continuity., To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like., To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to. |