wound (redirected from incised wound)

wound ¹  (wnd)

n.

1. An injury, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.

2. An injury to the feelings.

v. wound·ed, wound·ing, wounds

v.tr.

To inflict wounds or a wound on.

v.intr.

To inflict wounds or a wound: harsh criticism that wounds.

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[Middle English, from Old English wund; see wen-² in Indo-European roots.]

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wounded·ly adv.

wounding·ly adv.

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wound ²  (wound)

v.

Past tense and past participle of wind².

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wound ¹

Noun

1. an injury to the body such as a cut or a gunshot injury

2. an injury to one's feelings or reputation

Verb

to cause an injury to the body or feelings of [Old English wund]

wounding adj

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wound ²

Verb

the past of wind²

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wound - an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) lesion harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. raw wound - a wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue stigmata - marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ abrasion, excoriation, scratch, scrape - an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off gash, slash, slice, cut - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" laceration - a torn ragged wound bite - a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
	2.	wound - a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat combat injury, injury blighty wound - a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad flesh wound - a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones personnel casualty, loss - military personnel lost by death or capture armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	3.	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 distress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
	4.	wound - the act of inflicting a wound wounding scathe, damage, harm, hurt - the act of damaging something or someone
Verb	1.	wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to injure hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" trample - injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant" concuss - injure the brain; sustain a concussion calk - injure with a calk excruciate, torture, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" overstretch, pull - strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" traumatise, traumatize, shock - inflict a trauma upon maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" sprain, wrick, rick, wrench, twist, turn - twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" subluxate - sprain or dislocate slightly; "subluxate the hip" handicap, incapacitate, invalid, disable - injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" harm - cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system" run over, run down - injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle fracture, break - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weapon knife, stab - use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" skin, scrape - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee" graze - break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
	2.	wound - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" spite, bruise, injure, offend, hurt affront, diss, insult - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks" sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her" abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
Adj.	1.	wound - put in a coil coiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"

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wound

noun 1. injury, cut, damage, hurt, harm, slash, trauma Pathology gash, lesion, laceration

noun 2. (often plural) trauma, injury, shock, pain, offence, slight, torture, distress, insult, grief, torment, anguish, heartbreak, pang, sense of loss

verb 3. injure, cut, hit, damage, wing, hurt, harm, slash, pierce, irritate, gash, lacerate

verb 4. offend, shock, pain, hurt, distress, annoy, sting, grieve, mortify, cut to the quick, hurt the feelings of, traumatize

Translations

wound n [wuːnd]

vb [waund]

pt, pp of wind

n → herida

vt → herir

wound¹ [wuːnd] n → blessure f

vt → blesser;

wounded in the leg → blessé à la jambe

wound² [wuːnd] n → Wunde f

vt → verwunden;

wounded in the leg → am Bein verletzt

wound vb [waund]

pt, pp of wind

n, vt [wuːnd]

n → ferita

vt → ferire;

wounded in the leg → ferito/a alla gamba

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wound wind