wound
An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a part of the bodyAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
» He was wounded in the fight.
Er wurde im Kampf verwundet.
Його було поранено в бою.
Meaning
3 sensesAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
Wunde, Verletzung
ра́наrána, ране́ниеranénije, тра́вмаtrávma
ра́наrána, тра́вмаtrávma, пора́ненняporánennja
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
(figuratively)A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
Verletzung
ра́наrána, тра́вмаtrávma, оби́даobída
Examples
788 sentencesHe was wounded in the fight.
Його було поранено в бою.
deEr wurde im Kampf verwundet.
He was wounded in the battle.
Він був поранений у битві.
ruОн был ранен в бою.
He was wounded in the shoulder.
Його поранили в плече.
ruОн был ранен в плечо.
deEr wurde an der Schulter verletzt.
He was wounded in the war.
Його поранили на війні.
ruОн был ранен на войне.
deEr wurde im Krieg verwundet.
She took care of his wound.
Вона подбала про його рану.
ruОна позаботилась о его ране.
deSie versorgte seine Wunde.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, froNoun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“wound”), from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to strive, toil, win”).
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Forms
plural: woundsSynonyms
7 synonyms- the act of inflicting a wound:wounding
- a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat:injurycombat injury
- an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin):lesion
Word family
27 related wordsCollocations
9 patterns- gunshot wound
- wounded in the
- a gunshot wound
- was wounded in
- was badly wounded
- badly wounded
- were seriously wounded
- seriously wounded
- people were wounded