HURT

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

2.
n.

A husk. See Husk, 2.

3.
v.

To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. The hurt lion groans within his den. Dryden.

4.
v.

To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. Milton.

5.
v.

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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