English Dictionary
Definition of “harm”
harm (hɑːm
)
Definitions
noun
- physical or mental injury or damage
- moral evil or wrongdoing
verb
- (tr) to injure physically, morally, or mentally
Alternative Forms
ˈharmer noun Word Origin
Old English hearm; related to Old Norse harmr grief, Old High German harm injury, Old Slavonic sramǔ disgrace
Translations
- British English:
harm
To harm a person or animal means to cause them physical injury, usually on purpose.The boys didn't mean to harm anyone.hɑːm VERB The boys didn't mean to harm anyone.
- Spanish: hacer daño v
- French:
nuire
vi
- German:
schaden
v
- Chinese: 伤害 v
- Arabic: يَضُرُ vt
- Portuguese: prejudicar v
- Russian: вредить v
- Croatian: ozlijediti v
- Czech: ublížit v ubližovat
- Danish: skade v
- Dutch: kwaad doen v
- Finnish: vahingoittaa v
- Greek: βλάπτω v
- Italian: danneggiare v
- Japanese: 害する v
- Korean: 해치다 v
- Norwegian: skade v
- Polish: zaszkodzić v szkodzić
- Brazilian Portuguese: prejudicar v
- European Spanish: hacer daño v
- Swedish: skada v
- Thai: ทำอันตราย v
- Turkish: zarar vermek v
- Vietnamese: làm hại v
Usage examples
He held up his hands in a gesture to show he meant no harm.
Stuart Harrison, LOST SUMMER (2002)These pry inside the human body with a much lower risk of harm than X-rays.
New Scientist (2003)But it would neither destroy her nor harm women's golf in the eyes of any thinking person.
Globe and Mail (2003)A senior US official warned the Taliban of further harm to already tattered relations.
Glasgow Herald (2001)I could have captured him, I suppose, but he didn't seem to pose any harm , so I let him go.
Bernard Cornwell, SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR (2001)
