wounded

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wound1 /wuːnd/

▶noun

• 1 an injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact.

• 2 an injury to a person's feelings or reputation.

▶verb inflict a wound on.

– derivatives
wounding noun & adjective,
woundingly adverb,
woundless adjective.

– origin OE wund (n.), wundian (v.), of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wound2 /waʊnd/

past and past participle of wind2.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wind1 /wɪnd/

▶noun

• 1 the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current blowing from a particular direction.

  ■ the rush of air caused by a fast-moving body.

• 2 breath as needed in physical exertion, speech, playing an instrument, etc.

• 3 Brit. air swallowed while eating or gas generated in the stomach and intestines by digestion.

• 4 meaningless talk.

• 5 (also winds) [treated as sing. or pl.] wind or woodwind instruments forming a band or section of an orchestra.

• 6 a scent carried by the wind, indicating the proximity of an animal or person.

▶verb

• 1 cause to have difficulty breathing because of exertion or a blow to the stomach.

• 2 Brit. make (a baby) bring up wind after feeding by patting its back.

• 3 detect the scent of.

• 4 /wʌɪnd/ (past and past part. winded or wound /waʊnd/) literary sound (a bugle or call) by blowing.

– phrases
before the wind Sailing with the wind blowing from astern.
get wind of informal hear a rumour of.
off the wind Sailing with the wind on the quarter.
on a wind Sailing against a wind on either bow.
put (or have) the wind up Brit. informal alarm or frighten (or be alarmed or frightened).
sail close to (or near) the wind

• 1 sail as nearly against the wind as possible.

• 2 behave or operate in a risky way.

take the wind out of someone's sails frustrate someone by anticipating an action or remark.
to the wind (s) (or the four winds) in all directions. [from ‘And fear of death deliver to the winds’ (Milton's Paradise Lost).]

– derivatives
windless adjective.

– origin OE, of Gmc origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wind2 /wʌɪnd/

▶verb (past and past part. wound /waʊnd/)

• 1 move in or take a twisting or spiral course.

• 2 pass (something) around a thing or person so as to encircle or enfold them.

  ■ (with reference to a length of something) twist or be twisted around itself or a core.

• 3 make (a clock or clockwork device) operate by turning a key or handle.

  ■ turn (a key or handle) repeatedly.

• 4 move (an audio or video tape or a film) back or forwards to a desired point.

• 5 hoist or draw with a windlass, winch, etc.

▶noun

• 1 a twist or turn in a course.

• 2 a single turn made when winding.

– phrasal verbs
wind down

• 1 (of a clockwork mechanism) gradually lose power.

• 2 informal relax.

• 3 (also wind something down) draw or bring gradually to a close.

wind up informal end up in a specified state, situation, or place.
wind someone up Brit. informal tease or irritate someone.
wind something up

• 1 arrange the affairs of and dissolve a company.

• 2 gradually bring an activity to a conclusion.

• 3 informal increase the tension or power of something.

– origin OE windan ‘go rapidly, twine’, of Gmc origin; rel. to wander and wend.