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If you are wounded by what someone says or does, your feelings are deeply hurt. He was deeply wounded by the treachery of close aides = hurt
A wound is a lasting bad effect on someone's mind or feelings caused by a very upsetting experience. She has been so deeply hurt it may take forever for the wounds to heal
If a weapon or something sharp wounds you, it damages your body. A bomb exploded in a hotel, killing six people and wounding another five The two wounded men were taken to a nearby hospital. The wounded are people who are wounded. Hospitals said they could not cope with the wounded
to rub salt into the wound: see salt
A wound is damage to part of your body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, which is caused by a gun, knife, or other weapon. The wound is healing nicely Six soldiers are reported to have died from their wounds
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To wind a tape or film back or forward means to make it move towards its starting or ending position. The camcorder winds the tape back or forward at high speed
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If a road, river, or line of people winds in a particular direction, it goes in that direction with a lot of bends or twists in it. The Moselle winds through some 160 miles of tranquil countryside The convoy wound its way through the West Bank. a narrow winding road
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When you wind a mechanical device, for example a watch or a clock, you turn a knob, key, or handle on it several times in order to make it operate. I still hadn't wound my watch so I didn't know the time. Wind up means the same as wind. I wound up the watch and listened to it tick Frances took the tiny music box from her trunk and wound it up
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When you wind something flexible around something else, you wrap it around it several times. The horse jumped forwards and round her, winding the rope round her waist
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