Definition: hurt

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

hurt
     adj 1: suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in
            battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for
            the hurt men and women" [syn: wounded]
     2: suffering from emotional injury; "a bruised ego"; "to salve
        her wounded feelings"; "an air of hurt innocence"; "a tone
        of hurt surprise" [syn: bruised, wounded]
     3: used of inanimate objects or their value [syn: weakened]
     n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or
          accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, harm, trauma]
     2: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
        great distress" [syn: distress, suffering]
     3: feelings of mental or physical pain [syn: suffering]
     4: a damage or loss [syn: detriment]
     5: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, harm,
         scathe]
     v 1: be the source of pain [syn: ache, smart]
     2: give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
     3: cause anguish;, make miserable [syn: pain, anguish]
     4: cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by
        the new competition" [syn: injure]
     5: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
        me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
        [syn: wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]
     6: feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"
        [syn: ache, suffer]
     7: feel pain or be in pain [syn: suffer] [ant: be well]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Hurt \Hurt\, n. (Mach.)
   (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
   (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.
Hurt \Hurt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Hurting.] [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr.
   OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter;
   cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow,
   push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps
   being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG.
   hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
   1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound
      or bruise painfully.

            The hurt lion groans within his den.  --Dryden.

   2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to
      damage; to injure; to harm.

            Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. --Milton.

   3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to
      offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. ``I
      am angry and hurt.'' --Thackeray.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Hurt, VA (town, FIPS 39224)
  Location: 37.09480 N, 79.29870 W
  Population (1990): 1294 (561 housing units)
  Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 24563