- wound
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ deep, serious, severe▪ fatal▪
a fatal gunshot wound
▪ minor▪ flesh▪Despite the large amount of blood, it was only a flesh wound.
▪ clean▪ gaping, open▪ surgical▪ bleeding, festering (often figurative), infected▪The animal died from an infected wound.
▪ face, head, leg, etc.▪ bullet, gunshot, knife, shrapnel, stab▪ multiple▪He had suffered multiple stab wounds to his chest.
▪ entry, exit▪The exit wound made by the bullet was much larger than the entry wound.
▪ puncture, slash▪She suffered numerous slash and puncture wounds to her arms and upper body.
▪ old▪ war▪His old war wounds still ached in certain weathers.
▪ self-inflicted (often figurative)▪The President's self-inflicted wounds have called his credibility into question.
▪ emotional, psychologicalVERB + WOUND▪ inflict▪ receive, suffer, suffer from▪ examine, probe▪ bandage, clean, cleanse, cover, dress, treat▪ nurse▪ heal (often figurative)▪They say that time heals all wounds.
WOUND + VERB▪ close▪ heal▪It was a clean wound, and it healed quickly.
▪ bleedWOUND + NOUN▪ care, healingPREPOSITION▪ wound in▪He had deep wounds in his chest.
▪ wound to▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He died of gunshot wounds to the head.
verb1 injure sb's bodyADVERB▪ badly, critically, gravely, grievously, seriously, severely▪ fatally, mortally▪She was fatally wounded in a car crash.
▪ slightlyPREPOSITION▪ in▪One reporter was wounded in the leg.
PHRASES▪ the walking wounded (= people who have been wounded, but not so badly that they cannot walk)2 hurt sb's feelingsADVERB▪ deeply▪She was deeply wounded by his remarks.
▪ emotionally
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
