hurt
For the verb: "to hurt"
| Simple Past: | hurt |
| Past Participle: | hurt |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hurt/hɜːt/
▶verb (past and past part. hurt)
- 1 cause pain or injury to.
■ (of a part of the body) suffer pain.
- 2 make unhappy; upset.
■ be unhappy.
- 3 be detrimental to.
- 4 (hurt for) N. Amer. informal have a pressing need for.
- 1 injury or pain.
- 2 unhappiness.
– origin ME (orig. in the senses ‘to strike’ and ‘a blow’): from OFr. hurter (v.), hurt (n.), perh. ult. of Gmc origin.
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