hurt
To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
Example
“If anybody hurts my little brother, I will get upset.”
Other meanings
To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
To damage, harm, impair, undermine, impede.
“This latest gaffe hurts the legislator’s reelection prospects still further.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "hurten".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hurt” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.