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Adjective wound has 1 sense
- wound - put in a coil
Antonyms: uncoiled, straight (indirect, via coiled)
Noun wound has 4 senses
- wound, lesion - any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision
--1 is a kind of injury, hurt, harm, trauma
--1 has particulars:
- wound, injury, combat injury - a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
--2 is a kind of personnel casualty, loss
--2 has particulars: blighty wound; flesh wound
- wound - 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
--3 is a kind of distress, hurt, suffering
- wound, wounding - the act of inflicting a wound
--4 is a kind of damage, harm, hurt, scathe
Verb wind has 7 senses
- weave, wind, thread, meander, wander - 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"
--1 is a kind of hurt; travel, go, move, locomote; hurt; travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
injure, wound
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
weave, wind, thread, meander, wander
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- wind, curve - extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
--2 is a kind of arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke; be; arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke; be
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot wound Sue
7 senses of wind
wind, curve
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Sam cannot wound Sue
7 senses of wind
wind, curve
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- wind, wrap, roll, twine - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
--3 is a kind of move, displace; move, displace
Antonyms: unwind, wind off, unroll
Sample sentences:
They wind the wire around the stick
The wires wind around the stick
wind, wrap, roll, twine
They wind the wire around the stick
The wires wind around the stick
- scent, nose, wind - catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
--4 is a kind of smell; smell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
scent, nose, wind
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- wind, wind up - coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
--5 is a kind of tighten, fasten; tighten, fasten
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
wind, wind up
Somebody ----s something
- wreathe, wind - form into a wreath
--6 is a kind of intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace; intertwine, twine, entwine, enlace, interlace, lace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
wreathe, wind
Somebody ----s something
- hoist, lift, wind - raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
--7 is a kind of raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up; raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
hoist, lift, wind
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
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