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# wound

«wound» in Mova's school dictionary: **an injury where the skin or body is cut, broken or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a wound, wounds); verb (wound, wounds, wounded, wounding) — said «woond»; also the past of «wind» (wind, wound, wound) — said «wownd»

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wound (said «woond») is an injury where the skin or body is cut, broken or damaged, especially by a weapon or sharp object. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#m1)

2) To wound is to hurt someone so they get a wound; it can also mean to hurt someone's feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#m2)

3) Wound (said «wownd», rhyming with «round») is the past form of «wind»: you wind a clock or a string, and yesterday you wound it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In first aid lessons you learn to clean a wound, press on it to stop bleeding, and cover it with a plaster or bandage. In stories, heroes and animals are wounded in battles, and words can wound feelings. In everyday life you wind up toys, wool and clocks: «I wound the string around the kite stick». Phrases: «a deep wound», «clean the wound», «wounded pride», «wound up» (wound tightly, or informal: very nervous or annoyed).

### examples

- The nurse cleaned the wound on my knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x1)
- Press a clean cloth on the wound to stop the bleeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x2)
- The soldier had a wound on his arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x3)
- The bird was wounded, so we called the animal rescue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x4)
- His unkind words wounded her feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x5)
- I wound the wool into a ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x6)
- The road wound up the hill like a snake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x7)
- She was so wound up before the test that she couldn't sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x8)
- “And with what was he wounded?” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/#x9)

### note

A homograph: same spelling, two sounds and meanings. «Woond» = injury; «wownd» = past of wind. «Wounded» is used for injuries from a weapon or accident and also for hurt feelings. First-aid tip: wash hands, clean with water, cover, and tell an adult; deep wounds need a doctor.

### In the corpora

- [A cone round a pet's neck after an operation stops it licking its stitches, because licking can open the wound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/227-the-vet/11/)
- [A week or so later, long strings of eggs wound round the weeds in deeper water show that toads have come too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/309-frogs-and-toads-near-home-spawn-croaking-choruses-toad-crossings-and-the-fire-bellied-toad/1/)
- [Wounds inside the mouth heal faster than wounds on the skin, helped by saliva and a good blood supply.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/14/)
- [Most bleeding stops if you press firmly on the wound with a clean cloth and keep pressing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/83-doctors-cuts-and-grazes/17/)
- [Carving or peeling bark wounds a tree and lets in disease that can kill it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/229-gardens-and-forests/20/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wound» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wound/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.