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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.;
[syn: injury, hurt, harm, trauma]

2. the occurrence of a change for the worse;
[syn: damage, harm, impairment]

3. the act of damaging something or someone;
[syn: damage, harm, hurt, scathe]


VERB (1)

1. cause or do harm to;
- Example: "These pills won't harm your system"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Harm \Harm\ (h[aum]rm), n. [OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm, G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav. & Russ. sram' shame, Skr. [,c]rama toil, fatigue.] 1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune. [1913 Webster] 2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss. [1913 Webster] We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms. --Shak. Syn: Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See Mischief. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Harm \Harm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harmed (h[aum]rmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harming.] [OE. harmen, AS. hearmian. See Harm, n.] To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong. [1913 Webster] Though yet he never harmed me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean me ill or seek to harm. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

harm n 1: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury, hurt, harm, trauma] 2: the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage, harm, impairment] 3: the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage, harm, hurt, scathe] v 1: cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"