wound

«wound» in Mova's school dictionary: an injury where the skin or body is cut, broken or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a wound, wounds); verb (wound, wounds, wounded, wounding) — said «woond»; also the past of «wind» (wind, wound, wound) — said «wownd»

meaning for a pupil

1) A wound (said «woond») is an injury where the skin or body is cut, broken or damaged, especially by a weapon or sharp object. tree →

2) To wound is to hurt someone so they get a wound; it can also mean to hurt someone's feelings. tree →

3) Wound (said «wownd», rhyming with «round») is the past form of «wind»: you wind a clock or a string, and yesterday you wound it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In first aid lessons you learn to clean a wound, press on it to stop bleeding, and cover it with a plaster or bandage. In stories, heroes and animals are wounded in battles, and words can wound feelings. In everyday life you wind up toys, wool and clocks: «I wound the string around the kite stick». Phrases: «a deep wound», «clean the wound», «wounded pride», «wound up» (wound tightly, or informal: very nervous or annoyed).

examples

• The nurse cleaned the wound on my knee. tree →
• Press a clean cloth on the wound to stop the bleeding. tree →
• The soldier had a wound on his arm. tree →
• The bird was wounded, so we called the animal rescue. tree →
• His unkind words wounded her feelings. tree →
• I wound the wool into a ball. tree →
• The road wound up the hill like a snake. tree →
• She was so wound up before the test that she couldn't sleep. tree →
• “And with what was he wounded?” tree →

note

A homograph: same spelling, two sounds and meanings. «Woond» = injury; «wownd» = past of wind. «Wounded» is used for injuries from a weapon or accident and also for hurt feelings. First-aid tip: wash hands, clean with water, cover, and tell an adult; deep wounds need a doctor.

In the corpora

• A cone round a pet's neck after an operation stops it licking its stitches, because licking can open the wound.
• A week or so later, long strings of eggs wound round the weeds in deeper water show that toads have come too.
• Wounds inside the mouth heal faster than wounds on the skin, helped by saliva and a good blood supply.
• Most bleeding stops if you press firmly on the wound with a clean cloth and keep pressing.
• Carving or peeling bark wounds a tree and lets in disease that can kill it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wound» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.