wound adj : put in a coil
(noun)
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]
wound
(verb)
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]