Wound (Noun)
Meaning 1
A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The medic quickly applied a tourniquet to the soldier's wound to stop the bleeding.
- The lieutenant suffered a severe wound to his leg during the ambush and was evacuated to a field hospital.
- The nurse carefully cleaned and dressed the wound on the young private's arm to prevent infection.
- The veteran still bore the physical and emotional scars of the wound he received during the war.
- The medical team worked tirelessly to stabilize the soldier's wound and prepare him for transport to a medical facility.
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Meaning 2
An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 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.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- Her pride still bore the wound of being rejected from her dream college.
- The memory of being ridiculed in public had left a deep wound that never fully healed.
- The breakup had left a wound that time had not yet been able to mend.
- The criticism from her mentor had inflicted a wound that made her question her abilities.
- The loss of her loved one had left a wound that would take years to heal.
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Meaning 4
The act of inflicting a wound.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The surgeon carefully cleaned and dressed the wound to prevent infection from setting in.
- A single bullet wound to the chest was the cause of death, according to the autopsy report.
- The knife wound on her hand was deep and would require several stitches to close.
- The jagged glass inflicted a nasty wound on his leg that would leave a permanent scar.
- The medical examiner's report listed multiple stab wounds as the cause of the victim's death.