Meaning

1 senses
  1. To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.

    schaden

    вреди́тьvredítʹ, повреди́тьpovredítʹ, навреди́тьnavredítʹ

    шко́дитиškódyty, нашко́дитиnaškódyty, завдава́ти шко́диzavdaváty škódy

More definitions
  • cause or do harm to

Examples

550 sentences
  1. Smoking will do you a lot of harm.

    Палити дуже шкідливо для здоров’я. — Internecivus

    ruКурение принесёт тебе много вреда. — Lenin_1917

    deRauchen wird Ihnen sehr schaden. — mayabe

  2. What's the harm in trying to do that?

    Чим це зашкодить, якщо ми спробуємо це зробити? — deniko

    deWas kann es schaden, es zu versuchen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I promise you that I won't do anything to harm you.

    Я обіцяю, що не робитиму нічого, щоб тебе скривдити. — Ahha

  4. I won't harm you.

    Я тобі не зашкоджу. — deniko

  5. Some medicine does us harm.

    Деякі медикаменти нам шкодять. — aandrusiak

    ruНекоторые медикаменты нам вредят. — shanghainese

    deSo manche Medizin schadet uns. — Trinkschokolade

Translations

7 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Origin

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, fr

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).

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Forms

harms, harming, harmed, harmed
Base formharm · to harm
3rd person singularharms
Present participleharming
Past simpleharmed
Past participleharmed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyharm
he, she, itharms

Past simpleLesson

all personsharmed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave harmed
he, she, ithas harmed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill harm

Synonyms

25 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • any harm
  • no harm
  • more harm than
  • harm than good
  • mean any harm
  • any harm in
  • meant no harm
  • there's any harm
  • harm in telling
  • no harm in
  • want to harm
  • more harm

See also

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