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harm
English
Etymology
From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /h??m/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Noun
harm (countable and uncountable, plural harms)
- physical injury; hurt; damage
- emotional or figurative hurt
- detriment; misfortune.
- That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.
Translations
Verb
harm (third-person singular simple present harms, present participle harming, simple past and past participle harmed)
- To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.
Translations
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Hmar, mahr
Icelandic
Noun
harm
- indefinite accusative singular of harmur
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ha???m?/
Noun
harm
- h-prothesized form of arm
Middle English
Alternative forms
- harem, arme, herme
Etymology
From Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm.
Noun
harm (plural harms)
- harm, injury, ruination
Descendants
- English: harm
- Scots: herm, hairm
- Yola: harrm
References
- “harm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *harmaz.
Noun
harm m
- harm
Descendants
- Middle Low German: harm, herm
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disable
English
Etymology
dis- +? able
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?e?b??]
- Rhymes: -e?b?l
Verb
disable (third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disabling, simple past and past participle disabled)
- (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
- (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
Synonyms
- unable (non-standard), see also Thesaurus:disable
- deactivate
Antonyms
- enable
Derived terms
- disablement
Translations
Adjective
disable (comparative more disable, superlative most disable)
- (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.
- Our disable and unactive force.
Anagrams
- baldies, bidales, diables, labside
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?sebl/, /?d??ebl/
Verb
disable (third-person singular present disables, present participle disablein, past disablet, past participle disablet)
- disable, disqualify
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