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wound
'wound' - used as an adjective
1. put in a coil

'wound' - used as a noun
2. any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision
3. a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
4. 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
 5. the act of inflicting a wound

'wound' - used as a verb
6. cause injuries or bodily harm to
7. hurt the feelings of

derived forms
1. Wound / Plural
wounds
2. Wound / Past
wounded
3. Wound / Third Person
wounds
4. Wound / Present Participle
wounding
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    Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves. - Click here to find out.
    Fact of the day
    If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.