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[hurt]
verb, hurt, hurt⋅ing, noun, adjective –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident. |
| 2. | to cause bodily pain to or in: The wound still hurts him. |
| 3. | to damage or decrease the efficiency of (a material object) by striking, rough use, improper care, etc.: Moths can't hurt this suit because it's mothproof. Dirty oil can hurt a car's engine. |
| 4. | to affect adversely; harm: to hurt one's reputation; It wouldn't hurt the lawn if you watered it more often. |
| 5. | to cause mental pain to; offend or grieve: She hurt his feelings by not asking him to the party. |
–verb (used without object)
| 6. | to feel or suffer bodily or mental pain or distress: My back still hurts. |
| 7. | to cause bodily or mental pain or distress: The blow to his pride hurt most. |
| 8. | to cause injury, damage, or harm. |
| 9. | to suffer want or need. |
–noun
| 10. | a blow that inflicts a wound; bodily injury or the cause of such injury. |
| 11. | injury, damage, or harm. |
| 12. | the cause of mental pain or offense, as an insult. |
| 13. | Heraldry. a rounded azure. |
–adjective
| 14. | physically injured: The hurt child was taken to the hospital. |
| 15. | offended; unfavorably affected: hurt pride. |
| 16. | suggesting that one has been offended or is suffering in mind: Take that hurt look off your face! |
| 17. | damaged: hurt merchandise. |
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) ME hurten, hirten, herten to injure, damage, stumble, knock together, appar. < OF hurter to knock (against), oppose (cf. F heurter, orig. dial.), prob. a v. deriv. of Frankish *hûrt ram, c. ON hrūtr; (n.) ME < OF, deriv. of the v.
1150–1200; (v.) ME hurten, hirten, herten to injure, damage, stumble, knock together, appar. < OF hurter to knock (against), oppose (cf. F heurter, orig. dial.), prob. a v. deriv. of Frankish *hûrt ram, c. ON hrūtr; (n.) ME < OF, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
hurt⋅a⋅ble, adjective
hurter, noun
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Hurt
Hurt\, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.Hurt
Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. The hurt lion groans within his den. --Dryden. 2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton. 3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt." --Thackeray.
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Language Translation for : hurt
Spanish:
herir, hacer daño, lastimar,
German:
verletzen,
Japanese:
けがをさせる
hurt
c.1200, from O.Fr. hurter "to ram, strike, collide," perhaps from Frank. *hurt (cf. M.H.G. hurten "run at, collide," O.N. hrutr "ram"). Sense of "injury" is purely an Eng. development. Sense of "knock" died out 17c., but cf. hurtle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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hurt
see not hurt a fly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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