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Definition of wound 1 in English English dictionary
- Wound is the past tense and past participle of wind 2
- wind 1
- If you sail close to the wind, you take a risk by doing or saying something that may get you into trouble. Max warned her she was sailing dangerously close to the wind and risked prosecution
- wind 1
- If you are winded by something such as a blow, the air is suddenly knocked out of your lungs so that you have difficulty breathing for a short time. He was winded and shaken The cow stamped on his side, winding him
- wind 1
- to throw caution to the wind: see caution
- wind 1
- If someone breaks wind, they release gas from their intestines through their anus
- wind 1
- The wind section of an orchestra or band is the group of people who produce musical sounds by blowing into their instruments
- wind 1
- Journalists often refer to a trend or factor that influences events as a wind of a particular kind. The winds of change are blowing across the country
- wind 1
- A wind is a current of air that is moving across the earth's surface. There was a strong wind blowing The leaves rustled in the wind
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- Wind is the air that you sometimes swallow with food or drink, or gas that is produced in your intestines, which causes an uncomfortable feeling
- wind 1
- If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it. I don't want the public, and especially not the press, to get wind of it at this stage