sidewound
sidewound is the past participle of sidewind.
Meaning of sidewind
Verb
sidewind (third-person singular simple present sidewinds, present participle sidewinding, simple past and past participle sidewinded or sidewound)
- To move sideways, especially in a series of S-shaped curves.
- The year is 1837, and the Cuyahoga is the sidewinding river separating the empire of Cleveland from the more rough-hewn frontier town of Ohio City.2020 October 6, Stephen Markley, “Pete Beatty’s ‘Cuyahoga’ Images an Ohio, and a Country, Divided”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2020
Noun
sidewound (plural sidewounds)
- A wound (injury) on someone's side.
Forms of sidewound
| plural | sidewounds |
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Origin of sidewound
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
side + wound
Questions about sidewound
- What does sidewound mean?
- Sidewound means a wound (injury) on someone's side.
- What is sidewound the past participle of?
- Sidewound is the past participle of sidewind.
- What part of speech is sidewound?
- Sidewound is a noun.
- What is the plural of sidewound?
- The plural of sidewound is sidewounds.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sidewound (page history and authors); sidewind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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