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1. wound - noun

· an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)

Synonym(s): lesion

Hypernym(s): injury, hurt, harm, trauma

2. wound - noun

· a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

Synonym(s): injury, combat_injury

Hypernym(s): personnel_casualty, loss

3. wound - noun

· a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost

Hypernym(s): distress, hurt, suffering

4. wound - noun

· the act of inflicting a wound

Synonym(s): wounding

Hypernym(s): damage, harm, hurt, scathe

5. wound - verb

· cause injuries or bodily harm to

Synonym(s): injure

Hypernym(s): hurt

6. wound - verb

· hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"

Synonym(s): hurt, injure, bruise, offend, spite

Hypernym(s): arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke

7. wind - verb

· to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

Synonym(s): weave, thread, meander, wander

Hypernym(s): travel, go, move, locomote

8. wind - verb

· extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"; "the path twisted through the forest"

Synonym(s): twist, curve

Hypernym(s): be

9. wind - verb

· arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

Synonym(s): wrap, roll, twine

Hypernym(s): move, displace

Antonym(s): unwind

10. wind - verb