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wound      /ˈwu:nd/   noun [count]

(ferir, magoar, vulnerar, ventar, ferida, ferimento, machucado, mazela, enrolado, ferido)

 

plural wounds

 

 

1 : an injury that is caused when a knife, bullet, etc., cuts or breaks the skin • She suffered/received a knife/stab wound to/in her thigh. • a gunshot/bullet wound

 

2 : a feeling of sadness, anger, etc., that is caused by something bad that has happened to you • Her mother’s scorn left a woundthat never healed. • Talking about her divorce opened up some oldwounds. [=caused her to again have old feelings of anger, sadness, etc.] • emotional wounds

 

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