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wound

 
Adjective wound has 1 sense
  1. wound - put in a coil
    Antonyms:
    uncoiled, straight (indirect, via coiled)
Noun wound has 4 senses
  1. 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:
     raw wound; stigmata; abrasion, scratch, scrape, excoriation; cut, gash, slash, slice; laceration; bite
  2. 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
    Derived form: verb wound1
  3. 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
  4. wound, wounding - the act of inflicting a wound
    --4 is a kind of damage, harm, hurt, scathe
    Derived form: verb wound1
Verb wind has 7 senses
  1. 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
    Derived forms: noun wound2, noun wound4, noun wounding1, noun wound2, noun wound4, noun wounding1
    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
  2. 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
  3. 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
    Derived forms: noun winder3, noun winder1, noun winder3, noun winder1
    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
  4. 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
  5. 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
    Derived forms: noun wind8, noun winder1, noun winder2, noun wind8, noun winder1, noun winder2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    wind, wind up
    Somebody ----s something
  6. 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
  7. 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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