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harm
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)He was promised that no harm would befall him if he would come_out , but he cursed and replied that he would shoot any man coming_near the door . |
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[ verb ] cause or do harm to
Examples "These pills won't harm your system" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Three of these only were protected from us by stern commandment : the roses , whose petals might_not be collected until they had fallen , to be made into perfume or rose tea to drink ; the peonies , whose tight sticky buds would be blighted by the laying_on of_a finger , although they were not apparently harmed by the ants that crawled over them ; and the poppies . |
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[ noun ] the occurrence of a change for the worse
Synonyms Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)It is an irritable rule that does baseball more harm than good , especially at the minor_league level . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of damaging something or someone
Used in print (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)It 's bigger than it has to be , though I do n't see where it 's doing any harm . Related terms change_of_integrity wound defacement burn defloration impairment |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 21538
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