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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound) (rarely
     Winded); p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] [OE. winden, AS.
     windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
     Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
     Wander, Wend.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
        turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
        about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
        as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Whether to wind
              The woodbine round this arbor.        --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
        pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
        govern. ``To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In his terms so he would him wind.    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please
              And wind all other witnesses.         --Herrick.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
              wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You have contrived . . . to wind
              Yourself into a power tyrannical.     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
              such things into discourse.           --Gov. of
                                                    Tongue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
        wind a rope with twine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil.
  
     To wind out, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
  
     To wind up.
        (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
            thread; to coil completely.
        (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
            one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
        (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
            clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
            which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
            continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
            ``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.''
            --Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a
            pitch.'' --Atterbury.
        (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
            as to tune it. ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy
            lute.'' --Waller.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From Wind, moving air, but confused in
     sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
     Wound (wound), R. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.]
     To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
     and mutually involved notes. ``Hunters who wound their
     horns.'' --Pennant.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
           . .
           Wind the shrill horn.                    --Pope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           That blast was winded by the king.       --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wound \Wound\,
     imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by
     blowing.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wound \Wound\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to
     OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde,
     Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG.
     wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to
     suffer, E. win. [root]140. Cf. Zounds.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a
        breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the
        substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab,
        rent, or the like. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Showers of blood
              Rained from the wounds of slaughtered Englishmen.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to
        feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Criminal Law) An injury to the person by which the skin
        is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the
        body, involving some solution of continuity.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Walker condemns the pronunciation woond as a
           ``capricious novelty.'' It is certainly opposed to an
           important principle of our language, namely, that the
           Old English long sound written ou, and pronounced like
           French ou or modern English oo, has regularly changed,
           when accented, into the diphthongal sound usually
           written with the same letters ou in modern English, as
           in ground, hound, round, sound. The use of ou in Old
           English to represent the sound of modern English oo was
           borrowed from the French, and replaced the older and
           Anglo-Saxon spelling with u. It makes no difference
           whether the word was taken from the French or not,
           provided it is old enough in English to have suffered
           this change to what is now the common sound of ou; but
           words taken from the French at a later time, or
           influenced by French, may have the French sound.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Wound gall (Zo["o]l.), an elongated swollen or tuberous
        gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small
        reddish brown weevil ({Ampeloglypter sesostris) whose
        larv[ae] inhabit the galls.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Wound \Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wounding.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See Wound, n.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of
        parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the
              archers.                              --1 Sam. xxxi.
                                                    3.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect,
        ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their
              weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor.
                                                    viii. 12.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
     curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
     as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
     the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
           volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled
           longitudinally upon itself;{curled, curled up};
           involute closely coiled so that the axis is
           obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
           convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
           in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound]
           [WordNet 1.5]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wind \Wind\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wound (wound) (rarely
     Winded); p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.] [OE. winden, AS.
     windan; akin to OS. windan, D. & G. winden, OHG. wintan,
     Icel. & Sw. vinda, Dan. vinde, Goth. windan (in comp.). Cf.
     Wander, Wend.]
     1. To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to
        turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions
        about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe;
        as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball.
  
              Whether to wind The woodbine round this arbor.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To entwist; to infold; to encircle.
  
              Sleep, and I will wind thee in arms.  --Shak.
  
     3. To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's
        pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to
        govern. ``To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus.'' --Shak.
  
              In his terms so he would him wind.    --Chaucer.
  
              Gifts blind the wise, and bribes do please And wind
              all other witnesses.                  --Herrick.
  
              Were our legislature vested in the prince, he might
              wind and turn our constitution at his pleasure.
                                                    --Addison.
  
     4. To introduce by insinuation; to insinuate.
  
              You have contrived . . . to wind Yourself into a
              power tyrannical.                     --Shak.
  
              Little arts and dexterities they have to wind in
              such things into discourse.           --Gov. of
                                                    Tongue.
  
     5. To cover or surround with something coiled about; as, to
        wind a rope with twine.
  
     To wind off, to unwind; to uncoil.
  
     To wind out, to extricate. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
  
     To wind up.
        (a) To coil into a ball or small compass, as a skein of
            thread; to coil completely.
        (b) To bring to a conclusion or settlement; as, to wind up
            one's affairs; to wind up an argument.
        (c) To put in a state of renewed or continued motion, as a
            clock, a watch, etc., by winding the spring, or that
            which carries the weight; hence, to prepare for
            continued movement or action; to put in order anew.
            ``Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years.''
            --Dryden. ``Thus they wound up his temper to a
            pitch.'' --Atterbury.
        (d) To tighten (the strings) of a musical instrument, so
            as to tune it. ``Wind up the slackened strings of thy
            lute.'' --Waller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wound \Wound\,
     imp. & p. p. of Wind to twist, and Wind to sound by
     blowing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wound \Wound\ (?; 277), n. [OE. wounde, wunde, AS. wund; akin to
     OFries. wunde, OS. wunda, D. wonde, OHG. wunta, G. wunde,
     Icel. und, and to AS., OS., & G. wund sore, wounded, OHG.
     wunt, Goth. wunds, and perhaps also to Goth. winnan to
     suffer, E. win. [root]140. Cf. Zounds.]
     1. A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a
        breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the
        substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab,
        rent, or the like. --Chaucer.
  
              Showers of blood Rained from the wounds of
              slaughtered Englishmen.               --Shak.
  
     2. Fig.: An injury, hurt, damage, detriment, or the like, to
        feeling, faculty, reputation, etc.
  
     3. (Criminal Law) An injury to the person by which the skin
        is divided, or its continuity broken; a lesion of the
        body, involving some solution of continuity.
  
     Note: Walker condemns the pronunciation woond as a
           ``capricious novelty.'' It is certainly opposed to an
           important principle of our language, namely, that the
           Old English long sound written ou, and pronounced like
           French ou or modern English oo, has regularly changed,
           when accented, into the diphthongal sound usually
           written with the same letters ou in modern English, as
           in ground, hound, round, sound. The use of ou in Old
           English to represent the sound of modern English oo was
           borrowed from the French, and replaced the older and
           Anglo-Saxon spelling with u. It makes no difference
           whether the word was taken from the French or not,
           provided it is old enough in English to have suffered
           this change to what is now the common sound of ou; but
           words taken from the French at a later time, or
           influenced by French, may have the French sound.
  
     Wound gall (Zo["o]l.), an elongated swollen or tuberous
        gall on the branches of the grapevine, caused by a small
        reddish brown weevil ({Ampeloglypter sesostris) whose
        larv[ae] inhabit the galls.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wound \Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Wounding.] [AS. wundian. [root]140. See Wound, n.]
     1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of
        parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
  
              The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the
              archers.                              --1 Sam. xxxi.
                                                    3.
  
     2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect,
        ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
  
              When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their
              weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor.
                                                    viii. 12.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Wind \Wind\, v. t. [From Wind, moving air, but confused in
     sense and in conjugation with wind to turn.] [imp. & p. p.
     Wound (wound), R. Winded; p. pr. & vb. n. Winding.]
     To blow; to sound by blowing; esp., to sound with prolonged
     and mutually involved notes. ``Hunters who wound their
     horns.'' --Pennant.
  
           Ye vigorous swains, while youth ferments your blood, .
           . . Wind the shrill horn.                --Pope.
  
           That blast was winded by the king.       --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wind
       n 1: air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area
            of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent
            under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row";
            "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air
            current and out into the atmosphere" [syn: air current,
             current of air]
       2: a tendency or force that influences events; "the winds of
          change"
       3: breath; "the collision knocked the wind out of him"
       4: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a
          lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn: idle
          words, jazz, nothingness]
       5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
          stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead,
           steer, confidential information, hint]
       6: a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an
          enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath [syn: wind
          instrument]
       7: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn: fart,
           farting, flatus, breaking wind]
       8: the act of winding or twisting; "he put the key in the old
          clock and gave it a good wind" [syn: winding, twist]
       v 1: 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" [syn: weave, thread,
             meander, wander]
       2: extend in curves and turns; "The road winds around the lake"
          [syn: curve]
       3: wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger";
          "Twine the thread around the spool" [syn: wrap, roll,
          twine] [ant: unwind]
       4: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the
          drugs" [syn: scent, nose]
       5: coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a
          stem; "wind your watch" [syn: wind up]
       6: form into a wreath [syn: wreathe]
       7: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist
          the bicycle onto the roof of the car" [syn: hoist, lift]
       [also: wound]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wound
       adj : put in a coil
       n 1: any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or
            surgical incision [syn: lesion]
       2: a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat [syn:
           injury, combat injury]
       3: 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
       4: the act of inflicting a wound [syn: wounding]
       v 1: cause injuries or bodily harm to [syn: injure]
       2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
          me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
          [syn: hurt, injure, bruise, offend, spite]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  wound
       See wind

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wound
     Αγγλικά n.
     τραύμα, πληγή
     Αγγλικά vb.
     τραυματίζω (προκαλώ τραύμα)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wound
     n.
     (senseid en injury)An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a
  (usually external) part of the body.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting,
  piercing, or tearing the skin.
     2 (lb en transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
     vb.
     (infl of en wind#Etymology 2 wind ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  wound
     n.
     (senseid en injury)An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a
  (usually external) part of the body.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting,
  piercing, or tearing the skin.
     2 (lb en transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
     vb.
     (infl of en wind#Etymology 2 wind ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  wound
     n.
     (senseid en injury)An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a
  (usually external) part of the body.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting,
  piercing, or tearing the skin.
     2 (lb en transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
     vb.
     (infl of en wind#Etymology 2 wind ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  wound
     n.
     (senseid en injury)An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a
  (usually external) part of the body.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting,
  piercing, or tearing the skin.
     2 (lb en transitive) To hurt (a person's feelings).
     vb.
     (infl of en wind#Etymology 2 wind ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wound
     Englanti vb.
     haava

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  wound
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en wind ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska n.
     skada
     Engelska vb.
     1 skada
     2 (böjning en verb wind)
     3 (böjning en verb wind)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/
  wond

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Wound /wˈuːnd/
  الجرح

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  wound //waʊnd// //wund// //wuːnd// //wyːnd// 
  1. рана
  an injury to a person by which the skin is divided
  2. ра́на
  injury
  3. обида, оскърбление
  something that offends a person’s feelings

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  wound //waʊnd// //wund// //wuːnd// //wyːnd// 
  1. обиждам, оскърбявам
  hurt (someone's feelings)
  2. раня́, раня́вам
  hurt or injure

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  rána

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  poranění

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  poranit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  vinutý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  zranění

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  zranit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  clwyfo

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  archolli

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  wound /wˈuːnd/ 
  anaf