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would [wʊd] VB aux pt of will

3. would (possibility):

5. would (polite request):

would you like ...?
gostaria ...?

6. would (regularity in past):

8. would (opinion):

See also will , will

II . will2 VB trans

1. will (try to cause):

2. will form (ordain):

3. will (bequeath):

II . will1 <would> [wɪl] VB intr form

wouldn't [wʊdnt]

wouldn't = would + not:

See also will , will

II . will2 VB trans

1. will (try to cause):

2. will form (ordain):

3. will (bequeath):

II . will1 <would> [wɪl] VB intr form

wound1 [waʊnd] VB intr, trans

wound pt, pp of:

See also wind , wind

I . wind2 <wound, wound> [waɪnd] VB trans

2. wind (turn):

3. wind film:

II . wind2 <wound, wound> [waɪnd] VB intr

I . wind1 [wɪnd] N

2. wind no pl (breath):

3. wind no pl MED:

gases m pl

II . wind1 [wɪnd] VB trans

could [kʊd] VB

could pt, pp of:

See also can , can

I . can1 [kæn] N (container)

can
lata f

II . can1 <-nn-> [kæn] VB trans

1. can (put in cans):

can

2. can Am inf (stop):

can
can it!

mould1 N Brit

See also mold , mold

I . mold2 [moʊld, Brit məʊld] N (for metal, clay, jell-o)

II . mold2 [moʊld, Brit məʊld] VB trans

mold1 [məʊld, Brit moʊld] N (fungus)

mouldy <-ier, -iest> ADJ Brit

See also moldy

moldy <-ier, -iest> ADJ Am

would-be ADJ

1. would-be (wishing to be):

2. would-be (pretending to be):

suposto(-a)

wounded ADJ

boulder [ˈboʊldər, Brit ˈbəʊldəʳ] N

worldly [ˈwɜːrldli, Brit ˈwɜːld-] ADJ

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He expressed an interest to a priest in becoming one himself, but was advised it wouldn't work, because he was too adventurous.
en.wikipedia.org
Blinkers go on him for the first time, and if he does improve markedly it wouldn't be the first time.
www.theroar.com.au
You wouldn't just chuck out a television that stopped working without seeing if it was just a loose wire.
www.independent.co.uk
Whilst the spot remained small, it wouldn't heal - bleeding in the shower, then scabbing over, in a "never ending" cycle.
www.nzherald.co.nz
The station wouldn't play any new music except for new songs by artists that were familiar to listeners of the station.
en.wikipedia.org
One wouldn't have thought a koala bear would have enough diversity in his features to be watchable enough for an animated film lasting 87 minutes.
www.irishcatholic.ie
Bespectacled and fine-featured, he wouldn't look out of place in a cobwebbed library stuffed with ancient tomes.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
You wouldn't be able to keep biting the hand that feeds you if you lacked it, and a tame, house-trained reviewer is no good to anyone.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Critics said the reformations wouldn't be nearly enough.
en.wikipedia.org
There's also their rolodex or contacts database, which is extremely valuable and you wouldn't want to necessarily share that.
www.niemanlab.org

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