hurt

Definition

Examples

He hurt his back while lifting heavy boxes at the warehouse.

Word Family

Synonyms

• injurecause injuries or bodily harm to
• woundan injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
• harmany physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc

Collocations

• Easy hurt your leg
  to hurt your leg, meaning to be the source of pain
• Medium hurt company reputation
  to hurt company reputation, meaning to be the source of pain
• Hard hurt quarterly earnings
  to hurt quarterly earnings, meaning to be the source of pain
• Very Hard what you do not know cannot hurt you
  a collocation phrase: what you do not know cannot hurt you