ENGLISH: wound - CREOLE: blese



Overview of noun wound



The noun wound has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (22) wound, lesion -- (any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision)

2. (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--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost)

4. wound, wounding -- (the act of inflicting a wound)



Overview of verb wound



The verb wound has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (5) 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 me ego")



Overview of verb wind



The verb wind has 7 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (3) weave, wind, thread, meander, wander -- (to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body")

2. (2) wind, twist, curve -- (extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest")

3. (2) wind, wrap, roll, twine -- (wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool")

4. scent, nose, wind -- (catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs")

5. wind, wind up -- (coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch")

6. wreathe, wind -- (form into a wreath)

7. hoist, lift, wind -- (raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car")



Overview of adj wound



The adj wound has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. wound -- (put in a coil)

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