Phrase Hound found 61 phrases and 34 compound words that contain wound. The most common are listed below. Open wound in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 61
- wound-upbrought to a state of great tension
- Wound healing
- flesh woundAn injury which pierces the skin and causes bleeding, but which does not injure any bones or vital organs, and does not carry a serious threat of death.
- stab woundA wound caused by stabbing.
- defensive woundAn injury received by the victim of an attack while trying to defend against the assailant.
- rub salt in the woundTo aggravate or exacerbate a physical or emotional injury.
- salt in the woundSomething that increases someone's pain.
- entrance woundSynonym of entry wound: A wound caused by a bullet or other object as it enters the body, as contrasted with exit wound.
- exit woundA perforation of the skin caused by a projectile (such as a bullet) leaving the body.
- open woundA wound which pierces the skin (and/or exterior bones), so as to bare flesh and/or internal organs.
- contact woundSynonym of contact shot: A gunshot executed in such a way that the muzzle of the firearm is in direct contact with a body at the moment of discharge.
- defense woundSynonym of defensive wound: An injury received by the victim of an attack while trying to defend against the assailant.
- entry woundA wound caused by a bullet or other object as it enters the body, as contrasted with exit wound.
- flat-woundWith a flat outer winding wire.
- round-woundWith a round outer winding wire.
- tentative woundA hesitation wound.
- wound rotorA type of rotor that consists of a laminated core which is cylindrical in shape and carries AC current across it. Slip rings are mounted on the shaft.
- dirty woundAn external wound, primarily an untreated cut or tear of the skin, easily susceptible to infection as a result of exposure to unsanitary conditions, as would be likely at time of injury.
- hesitation woundAny of a series of shallow cuts made by a person considering a suicide attempt, or trying out the weapon to ascertain its effectiveness.
- Blighty woundSynonym of Blighty one: A wound that is relatively minor, but sufficiently severe that one will be sent to the hospital in England.
- put a band-aid on a bullet woundTo inadequately treat a serious situation.
- series-woundOf an electric motor, having the windings connected in series.
- time heals every woundAlternative form of time heals all wounds: Negative feelings eventually fade away.
- mother woundA relationship difficulty between a mother and her child, when the child perceives the mother or a mother figure as having caused emotional harm to the child through being critical, aloof, unloving, absent, addicted, etc. when the child …
- wound backsimple past and past participle of wind back
Compound words 34
- woundwortAny of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
- unwoundsimple past and past participle of unwind
- overwoundsimple past and past participle of overwind
- woundsomeCausing, resembling, or indicating a wound or injury; hurtful; painful.
- woundfinPlagopterus argentissimus, a slender, silvery minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States.
- headwoundA wound or injury to the head.
- intrawoundInto or within a wound.
- woundableCapable of being wounded; vulnerable.
- woundlikeResembling or characteristic of a wound.
- woundwoodlignified, differentiated tissues produced on woody plants as a response to wounding