wound
To hurt or injure by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skinTo hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» He was wounded in the fight.
Er wurde im Kampf verwundet. — Vortarulo
Його було поранено в бою. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(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
(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 sentencesHe was wounded in the fight.
Його було поранено в бою. — deniko
deEr wurde im Kampf verwundet. — Vortarulo
He was wounded in the battle.
Він був поранений у битві. — Anjy
ruОн был ранен в бою. — marafon
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
He was wounded in the war.
Його поранили на війні. — sadxaka
ruОн был ранен на войне. — zmoo
deEr wurde im Krieg verwundet. — Manfredo
She took care of his wound.
Вона подбала про його рану. — Internecivus
ruОна позаботилась о его ране. — sharptoothed
deSie versorgte seine Wunde. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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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
wounds, wounding, wounded, woundedSynonyms
67 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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
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