Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hurt"

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) 1.7 (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 caused by violence or
accident or fracture etc. [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"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
[syn: {wound}, {injure}, {bruise}, {offend}, {spite}]
6: feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
[syn: {ache}, {suffer}]
7: feel pain or be in pain [syn: {suffer}] [ant: {be well}]


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