wound
/ˈwund/ noun B1- An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
- An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.
- A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc. · It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
Plural wounds
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There are marks of blood in the room, but there is no wound upon his person.
A friend, meeting him and learning what he wanted, said, “If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the Dog that bit you.” The Man who had been bitten laughed at this advice and said, “Why?
The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its natural instincts, bit its benefactor, inflicting on him a mortal wound.
A BULL was bitten by a Mouse and, angered by the wound, tried to capture him.
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