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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Wound

/wo͞ond/ · IPA /wuːnd/
01 imp. & p. p. imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing.
  1. 1.
    imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by blowing. See: Wind, Wind
02 n. 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 livi…
  1. 1.
    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.
    “Showers of blood Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.
  3. 3.
    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.(Criminal Law)
Phrases & compounds
Wound gall — an elongated swollen or tuberous gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small reddish brown weevil (Ampeloglypter sesostris) whose larvae inhabit the galls.
03 v. t. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
imp. & p. p. Wounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wounding
  1. 1.
    To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
    “The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.” — 1 Sam. xxxi. 3.
  2. 2.
    To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect, ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
    “When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.” — 1 Cor. viii. 12.