hurt

hurt: I UK [hɜː(r)t] / US [hɜrt] verb
Word forms "hurt":
present tense I/you/we/they hurt he/she/it hurts present participle hurting past tense hurt past participle hurt
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1) [intransitive] to feel pain somewhere in your body

Fred's knees hurt after skiing all day.

2) [intransitive/transitive] to cause physical pain or injury

You're hurting my arm!

These new boots hurt.
hurt yourself doing something:
Don't hurt yourself exercising.

3) [intransitive/transitive] to cause someone emotional pain

I never meant to hurt your feelings.

His cold behaviour hurt her deeply.
it hurts that:
It really hurts that you'd believe her instead of me.

4) [transitive] to cause damage or problems, or to harm someone's chance to succeed at something

Oil spills hurt everyone.

The weakness of the dollar has hurt car sales.

computer equipment that won't hurt your wallet (= cost a lot)

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something will not/does not/cannot hurt — spoken used for saying that something helps or cannot harm a situation

One more drink won't hurt.
something will not/does not/cannot hurt that:
It doesn't hurt that she's beautiful.

- be hurting

- it never hurts to do something

- it won't hurt you to do something

- where it hurts

- someone wouldn't hurt a fly

II UK [hɜː(r)t] / US [hɜrt] adjective
1) injured, or feeling physical pain

A child could get hurt, climbing that thing.
hurt by/in something:
Two young men were badly hurt in the accident.

Several people were hurt by flying glass.

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Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with hurt
▪ badly, physically, really, seriously, slightly
2) feeling emotional pain, usually because of someone's behaviour

She left feeling angry and deeply hurt.
hurt by:
Andy was terribly hurt by his first marriage.

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Collocations:
Adverbs frequently used with hurt
▪ deeply, dreadfully, easily, really, so, terribly
III UK [hɜː(r)t] / US [hɜrt] noun [countable/uncountable]
Word forms "hurt":
singular hurt plural hurts
a feeling of emotional pain caused by someone's behaviour

A mother tries to protect her child from hurt.

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Synonyms:

Injure, harm, damage, mar, impair, do harm to, inflict injury upon, Harm, injury, damage, detriment, mischief, disadvantage / Pain, wound, give pain to, Wound, bruise / Grieve, afflict, pain, wound, give pain to (mental)

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Hurt — may refer to a painful sensation or to a mental suffering.Hurt may also refer to the following:People* Jakob Hurt * Joel Hurt * John Hurt * Marlin Hurt * Mary Beth Hurt * Mississippi John Hurt * Robert D. Hurt * Robert L. Hurt * William… … Wikipedia
Hurt — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Benno Hurt (* 1941), deutscher Schriftsteller, Fotograf und Jurist Jakob Hurt (1839−1907), estnischer Folklorist, Theologe und Sprachwissenschaftler John Hurt (* 1940), britischer Schauspieler Leopold Hurt … Deutsch Wikipedia
hurt — hurt·able; hurt·ful; hurt·less; un·hurt; hurt; hurt·ing; hurt·ful·ly; hurt·ful·ness; hurt·less·ly; hurt·less·ness; hurt·ling·ly; … English syllables
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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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hurt — [hʉrt] vt. hurt, hurting [ME hurten, to knock, hurt < OFr hurter, to push, thrust, hit, prob. < Frank * hurt, a thrust, blow (as by a ram); akin to ON hrūtr, a ram] 1. to cause physical pain or injury to; wound 2. to harm or damage in some… … English World dictionary
hurt — [adj] physically or mentally injured aching, aggrieved, agonized, all torn up*, battered, bleeding, bruised, buffeted, burned, busted up*, contused, crushed, cut, damaged, disfigured, distressed, disturbed, grazed, harmed, hit, impaired,… … New thesaurus
Hurt — Hurt, VA U.S. town in Virginia Population (2000): 1276 Housing Units (2000): 592 Land area (2000): 2.619250 sq. miles (6.783827 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.619250 sq. miles (6.783827 sq.… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Hurt, VA — U.S. town in Virginia Population (2000): 1276 Housing Units (2000): 592 Land area (2000): 2.619250 sq. miles (6.783827 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.619250 sq. miles (6.783827 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
hurt|er — «HUR tuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that hurts. 2. the shoulder of an axle, or a strengthening piece on the shoulder, against which the hub of the wheel strikes. 3. the part of a gun carriage which prevents it from rolng when put in firing… … Useful english dictionary

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