1. (

• wound ,
• lesion ,

) an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) ;

2. (

• wound ,
• injury ,
• combat_injury

) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat ;

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;

4. (

• wound ,
• wounding

) the act of inflicting a wound ;

1. (

• injure ,
• wound

) cause injuries or bodily harm to ;

2. (

• hurt ,
• wound ,
• injure ,
• bruise ,
• offend ,
• spite

) hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" ;

1. (

• wound

) put in a coil ;