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Harm
01
any physical injury to the body, especially one inflicted deliberately that is caused by a person or an event
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Plural form
harms
Examples
The victim suffered serious harm during the altercation.
02
a deterioration or change for the worse
Examples
Late maintenance led to harm in the machinery.
03
the act of inflicting injury, damage, or loss on someone or something
Examples
Deliberate harm to animals is illegal.
to harm
01
to physically hurt someone or damage something
Transitive: to harm sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
harm
3rd person singular
harms
Present participle
harming
Past simple
harmed
Past participle
harmed
Examples
The malicious rumors were intended to harm the reputation of the individual.
Lexical Tree
harmful
harmless
harm
