Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #384 of 1319

wound (n.)

an injury to the skin

Examples

  • Clean the wound.

Key rules

  • A wound is an injury to the skin or body
  • Treat a wound, a deep wound, a open wound
  • Wound is countable

Use cases

  • First aid
  • Describing injuries
  • Medical treatment
💡 Tip: Wound is also the past of wind in some uses: wound the clock.
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