![]() break to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist. maim / meɪm / to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily. wound to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others. Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway. injure to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks. Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife. 6 → be hurting 7 → something won’t/doesn’t hurt THESAURUS to injure yourself or someone else hurt to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly. 5 bad effect HARM/BE BAD FOR to have a bad effect on someone or something, especially by making them less successful or powerful Foreign competition has hurt the company’s position in the market. it hurts (somebody) to do something What hurts is that he never even said goodbye. 4 insult somebody UPSET to make someone feel very upset, unhappy, sad etc I didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. 3 cause pain HURT/CAUSE PAIN to cause pain in a part of your body The sun’s hurting my eyes. hurt like hell informal (=hurt very much ) My shoulder hurts like hell. Where does it hurt? It hurts when I try to move my leg. 2 feel pain HURT/CAUSE PAIN to feel pain in part of your body → ache My back hurts. hurt yourself Be careful you don’t fall and hurt yourself. hurt your arm/leg/nose etc He hurt his knee playing football. S1 W2 verb ( past tense and past participle hurt ) 1 injure somebody INJURE to injure yourself or someone else Was anyone hurt in the accident? Put that thing down – you might hurt someone with it.Hurtfully From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hurt hurt 1 / hɜːt $ hɜːrt /
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