{
    "term": "wound",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an injury to part of the body, especially one in which a hole is made in the skin using a weapon",
            "sensetop": "wound to something",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(informal)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(formal)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **gunshot/stab wound**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bullet/knife/shrapnel wound"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a head/leg wound"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an old war wound"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The nurse cleaned the wound."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **wound healed** slowly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **died of** his **wounds**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **suffered a** fatal **wound** to the abdomen.",
                    "contextForm": "wound to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He died from the wounds he had received to his chest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He died of gunshot wounds to the head."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had deep wounds in his chest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had suffered multiple stab wounds to his chest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His old war wounds still ached in certain weathers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a clean wound, and it healed quickly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She suffered numerous slash and puncture wounds to her arms and upper body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The President's self-inflicted wounds have called his credibility into question."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The animal died from an infected wound."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fatal gunshot wound"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He proudly showed us his war wounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She survived, despite receiving severe stab wounds."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict", "Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deep", "serious", "severe"],
                "verb + wound": ["inflict", "receive", "suffer"],
                "wound + verb": ["close", "heal", "bleed"],
                "wound + noun": ["care", "healing"],
                "preposition": ["wound in", "wound to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "mental or emotional pain caused by something unpleasant that has been said or done to you",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Seeing him again opened up old wounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They say that time **heals** all **wounds**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After a serious argument, it can take some time for the wounds to heal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The incident remains a festering wound."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to spend time trying to get your strength or confidence back after a defeat or a disappointing experience",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Leeds are still licking their wounds after their humiliating defeat by Grimsby."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to remind somebody of something unpleasant that happened or existed in the past",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His comments have served only to reopen old wounds."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a difficult experience even more difficult for somebody",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wuːnd/",
                "audio": "wo/wound/wound__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wuːnd/",
                "audio": "wo/wound/wound__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wund (noun), wundian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wond and German Wunde, of unknown ultimate origin."
}