hurt

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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.
noun
  • 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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