Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

    The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued.

    verletzen, verwunden

    ра́нитьránitʹ, пора́нитьporánitʹ

    ра́нитиrányty, пора́нитиporányty, зра́нитиzrányty

  2. (transitive)To hurt (a person's feelings).

    The actor's pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival.

    verletzen

    hurt the feelings of

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
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Русский
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Deutsch
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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

wounds, wounding, wounded, wounded
Base formwound · to wound
3rd person singularwounds
Present participlewounding
Past simplewounded
Past participlewounded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywound
he, she, itwounds

Past simpleLesson

all personswounded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wounded
he, she, ithas wounded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wound

Synonyms

67 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwounding

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

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