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hurt
What does hurt mean?
hurt (verb): give trouble or pain to.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use hurt in a sentence?
- This exercise will hurt your back. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce hurt?
/hɝt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hurt come from?
From Middle English hurten, hirten, hertan (“to injure, scathe, knock together”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “hurt” mean?
give trouble or pain to
Right! That's what “hurt” means.
to happen or take place
Not quite: that's what occur means.
to bring into existence
Not quite: that's what create means.
to contact by telephone
Not quite: that's what call means.
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