noun / verb
wound
WOOND/wuːnd/
Physical or emotional injury.
The small wound breaks the skin of her forearm.
Etymology
Old English wund named an injury involving pierced or cut body tissue. The selected meaning preserves that concrete bodily sense, with damaged tissue at its center.
In context
this is a type of skin wound that occurs because some type of sharp narrow object like a knife or a needle has punctured the skin
More examples
- The sharp edge wounded his hand.
- Her thoughtless words had wounded his pride.
- They were still healing old emotional wounds.
Forms
wound · wounds · wounded · wounding
wounded adjective — Suffering an injury.