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hurt

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Hurt  \Hurt\,  n.  (Mach.) 
  a  A  band  on  a  trip-hammer  helve,  bearing  the  trunnions. 
  b  A  husk.  See  {Husk},  2. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  hurt 
  adj  1:  suffering  from  physical  injury  especially  that  suffered  in 
  battle;  "nursing  his  wounded  arm";  "ambulances...for 
  the  hurt  men  and  women"  [syn:  {wounded}] 
  2:  suffering  from  emotional  injury;  "a  bruised  ego";  "to  salve 
  her  wounded  feelings";  "an  air  of  hurt  innocence";  "a  tone 
  of  hurt  surprise"  [syn:  {bruised},  {wounded}] 
  3:  used  of  inanimate  objects  or  their  value  [syn:  {weakened}] 
  n  1:  any  physical  damage  to  the  body  [syn:  {injury},  {harm},  {trauma}] 
  2:  psychological  suffering;  "the  death  of  his  wife  caused  him 
  great  distress"  [syn:  {distress},  {suffering}] 
  3:  feelings  of  mental  or  physical  pain  [syn:  {suffering}] 
  4:  a  damage  or  loss  [syn:  {detriment}] 
  5:  the  act  of  damaging  something  or  someone  [syn:  {damage},  {harm}, 
  {scathe}] 
  v  1:  be  the  source  of  pain  [syn:  {ache},  {smart}] 
  2:  give  trouble  or  pain  to  "This  exercise  will  hurt  your  back" 
  3:  cause  anguish;,  make  miserable  [syn:  {pain},  {anguish}] 
  4:  cause  damage  or  affect  negatively;  "Our  business  was  hurt  by 
  the  new  competition"  [syn:  {injure}] 
  5:  hurt  the  feelings  of  "She  hurt  me  when  she  did  not  include 
  me  among  her  guests"  [syn:  {wound},  {injure},  {offend},  {spite}] 
  6:  feel  pain  [syn:  {ache},  {suffer}] 
  7:  feel  pain  or  be  in  pain  [syn:  {suffer}]  [ant:  {be  well}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Hurt,  VA  (town,  FIPS  39224) 
  Location:  37.09480  N,  79.29870  W 
  Population  (1990):  1294  (561  housing  units) 
  Area:  6.8  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  24563




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