hurt

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English hurten, hirten, hertan "to injure, scathe, knock together", prob. from Old French dialectal hurter "to ram into, strike, collide with" (French: heurter "to strike") of Germanic origin, from Frankish *hūrt "a ram". Akin to Dutch horten "to push against, strike", M.H.G. hurten "to run at, collide with", Old Norse hrūtr "ram".

[edit] Adjective

hurt

  1. Wounded, physically injured.
  2. Pained.

[edit] Translations

wounded, injured
pained
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[edit] Noun

Singular
hurt

Plural
hurts

hurt (plural hurts)

  1. (archaic) A wound or pain.
    • 1605, I have received a hurt. — William Shakespeare, King Lear III.vii
  2. (heraldry) A roundel azure (blue circular spot).

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to hurt

Third person singular
hurts

Simple past
hurt

Past participle
hurt

Present participle
hurting

to hurt (third-person singular simple present hurts, present participle hurting, simple past and past participle hurt)

  1. (intransitive) To be painful.
    Does your leg still hurt? / It is starting to feel better.
  2. (transitive) To cause (a creature) physical pain and/or injury.
  3. (transitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.

[edit] Translations

to be painful
to cause physical pain
to cause emotional pain

[edit] Polish

[edit] Noun

hurt

  1. wholesale
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