wound

Definition

An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

Etymology

Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.

Example Sentences

• "The visitors were without Wayne Rooney after he suffered a head wound in training, which also keeps him out of England's World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine."
• "Showers of blood / Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen."
• "I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm."