wound
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- adjective
- /waʊnd/
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- So that superconducting wire is wound in a coil around that room temperature bore.
- tightly wound
And that gift is given through that serpent combo that's wound around that staff.
- And that gift is given through that serpent combo that's wound around that staff.
- They're the balls of with densely wound grass.
- It's more like a silk wound string, you know, and, and so they're more like like silver, but they really call gypsy jazz.
- You're Co regulating when, when, when you're a uptight, tense, angry, tightly wound person and you pick up a baby and that baby starts crying, What is happening?
- We hire people that are high speed, tightly wound and have like high expectations of themselves, just like me, because the leader sets the tone of that organization, right?
- That's how that's how tightly wound the operation got to be.
- I would skip the pube if you branded it and said that the Wick is like tightly wound pubes itself.
Examples
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Along one line are ordinary spiral galaxies; those nearest the handle have very tightly wound arms, and those toward the end are increasingly open.
Academic text (2005) -
Now, a clock needs to be cleaned, well-lubricated and wound tight.
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The clock is wound and
Fiction book (1996) -
So unless it's been wound wrong, which is possible but unlikely, I think it is working as intended.
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The wire was carefully wound around the spool to prevent tangling.
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She wound the string tightly around the package before sealing it.
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To make the toy car work, you must first wound its key several times.
Synonyms
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Shaped like tight rings or spirals
Idioms
- Informal
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To make someone's bad feelings worse by reminding them of a disappointment
Compounds
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A wound that only affects the skin and soft parts of the body, not organs or bones
- Archaic
A wound that sends a British soldier home from the front, often in World War I
- Specialized
A direct current motor whose parts are connected in parallel to keep a steady speed when the load changes
- Specialized
A plant virus spread by small jumping insects that causes growths on plants
How Coiled
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Wound meaning coiled is a different word related to the verb wind which means 'to turn' or 'twist', like when you wind a clock, so a wound spring or thread is one that has been turned into a tight coil.