Meaning

3 senses
  1. An 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)

  2. (figuratively)A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.

    It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.

  3. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

    Verletzung

    ра́наrána, тра́вмаtrávma, оби́даobída

Examples

788 sentences
  1. He was wounded in the fight.

    Його було поранено в бою. — deniko

    deEr wurde im Kampf verwundet. — Vortarulo

  2. He was wounded in the battle.

    Він був поранений у битві. — Anjy

    ruОн был ранен в бою. — marafon

  3. He was wounded in the shoulder.

    Його поранили в плече. — deniko

    ruОн был ранен в плечо. — Balamax

    deEr wurde an der Schulter verletzt. — al_ex_an_der

  4. He was wounded in the war.

    Його поранили на війні. — sadxaka

    ruОн был ранен на войне. — zmoo

    deEr wurde im Krieg verwundet. — Manfredo

  5. She took care of his wound.

    Вона подбала про його рану. — Internecivus

    ruОна позаботилась о его ране. — sharptoothed

    deSie versorgte seine Wunde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
injury:
Русский
By meaning 2
injury:
something that offends a person’s feelings:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
injury:

Origin

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-West Germanic *wundu, fro

Noun 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: wounds
Singularwound
Pluralwounds

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
something that offends a person's feelings:slightB1insultB2slur
Close in meaning
  • 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

25 related words

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wound — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto