wound
Translation
wound, injury
Examples
The nurse cleaned the soldier's wound.
The nurse cleaned the soldier's wound.
Time can heal emotional wounds.
Time can heal emotional wounds.
Grammar Patterns
a/the ((wound)) an injury The doctor cleaned the wound.
a ((adjective)) wound a wound described by an adjective It was a deep wound.
Similar Words
Synonyms: injury, cut, gash, trauma
Etymology
From Old English 'wund' meaning 'injury'. It is cognate with German 'Wunde'.
Memory Tips
The noun 'wound' (woond) rhymes with 'tuned'. Don't confuse it with the past tense of 'wind' (as in wind a clock), which is also spelled 'wound' but pronounced 'wownd'.