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bewound

/bɪˈwuːnd/

bewound verb: to wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds. Also the simple past and past participle of bewind.

Verb

bewound (third-person singular simple present bewounds, present participle bewounding, simple past and past participle bewounded)

  1. (transitive) To wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
    Synonyms:
    harm, injure, abuse, annoy, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to, do for, do ill

Also used as

bewound is also the simple past and past participle of bewind.

Synonyms of bewound

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Forms of bewound

third-person singular presentbewounds
present participlebewounding
past participlebewounded
pastbewounded

Origin of bewound

From be- + wound.

From bewind.

Words formed from bewound

  • bewounding

Questions about bewound

What does bewound mean?
Bewound means to wound all over; cover or afflict with wounds.
What part of speech is bewound?
Bewound is a verb.
How do you pronounce bewound?
Bewound is pronounced /bɪˈwuːnd/.
What is the past tense of bewound?
The past tense of bewound is bewounded.

Words near bewound in the dictionary

  1. bewormed
  2. beworried
  3. beworries
  4. beworry
  5. beworrying
  6. bewound
  7. bewoven
  8. bewraid
  9. bewrap
  10. bewrapped
  11. bewrapping

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