4 VERB To hurry something means the same as to hurry up something. □ [V n] …The President's attempt to hurry the process of independence.
5 VERB If you hurry someone to a place or into a situation, you try to make them go to that place or get into that situation quickly. □ [V n prep/adv] They say they are not going to be hurried into any decision. □ [V n] I don't want to hurry you.
6 PHRASE If you say to someone ' There's no hurry ' or ' I'm in no hurry ' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately. □ I'll need to talk with you, but there's no hurry.
7 PHRASE If you are in no hurry to do something, you are very unwilling to do it. □ I love it at St Mirren so I'm in no hurry to go anywhere. [Also + for ]
▸ hurry along → see hurry up 2
▸ hurry up
1 PHRASAL VERB If you tell someone to hurry up , you are telling them do something more quickly than they were doing. □ [V P ] Franklin told Howe to hurry up and take his bath; otherwise, they'd miss their train. □ [V P + with ] Hurry up with that coffee, will you. [Also V it P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB If you hurry something up or hurry it along , you make it happen faster or sooner than it would otherwise have done. □ [V P n] …if you want to hurry up the application process. □ [V n P ] Petter saw no reason to hurry the divorce along.
hurt ◆◆◇ /hɜː r t/ (hurts , hurting , hurt )
1 VERB If you hurt yourself or hurt a part of your body, you feel pain because you have injured yourself. □ [V pron-refl] Yasin had seriously hurt himself while trying to escape from the police. □ [V n] He had hurt his back in an accident.
2 VERB If a part of your body hurts , you feel pain there. □ [V ] His collar bone only hurt when he lifted his arm.
3 ADJ [usu v-link ADJ ] If you are hurt , you have been injured. □ His comrades asked him if he was hurt. □ They were dazed but did not seem to be badly hurt.
4 VERB If you hurt someone, you cause them to feel pain. □ [V n] I didn't mean to hurt her, only to keep her still. □ [V ] Ouch. That hurt.
5 VERB If someone hurts you, they say or do something that makes you unhappy. □ [V n] He is afraid of hurting Bessy's feelings. □ [V ] What hurts most is the betrayal, the waste.
6 ADJ If you are hurt , you are upset because of something that someone has said or done. □ Yes, I was hurt, jealous.
7 VERB [only cont] If you say that you are hurting , you mean that you are experiencing emotional pain. □ [V ] I am lonely and I am hurting.
8 VERB To hurt someone or something means to have a bad effect on them or prevent them from succeeding. □ [V n] The combination of hot weather and decreased water supplies is hurting many industries.
9 N‑VAR A feeling of hurt is a feeling that you have when you think that you have been treated badly or judged unfairly. □ I was full of jealousy and hurt.
10 PHRASE If you say ' It won't hurt to do something' or ' It never hurts to do something', you are recommending an action which you think is helpful or useful. [INFORMAL ] □ It wouldn't hurt you to be a bit more serious. SYNONYMS hurt VERB 1
injure: Several police officers were injured in the clashes.
damage: The sun can damage your skin.
wound: The driver of an evacuation bus was wounded by shrapnel.
hurt|ful /hɜː r tfʊl/ ADJ If you say that someone's comments or actions are hurtful , you mean that they are unkind and upsetting. □ Her comments can only be hurtful to Mrs Green's family.
hurt|le /hɜː r t ə l/ (hurtles , hurtling , hurtled ) VERB If someone or something hurtles somewhere, they move there very quickly, often in a rough or violent way. □ [V prep] A pretty young girl came hurtling down the stairs.
hus|band ◆◆◆ /hʌ zbənd/ (husbands ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Someone's husband is the man they are married to. □ Eva married her husband Jack in 1957.
hus|band|ry /hʌ zbəndri/ N‑UNCOUNT Husbandry is farming animals, especially when it is done carefully and well.
hush /hʌ ʃ/ (hushes , hushing , hushed )
1 CONVENTION You say ' Hush! ' to someone when you are asking or telling them to be quiet. □ Hush, my love, it's all right.
2 VERB If you hush someone or if they hush , they stop speaking or making a noise. □ [V n] She tried to hush her noisy father. □ [V ] I had to box Max's ears to get him to hush.
3 N‑SING You say there is a hush in a place when everything is quiet and peaceful, or suddenly becomes quiet. □ A hush fell over the crowd and I knew something terrible had happened.
▸ hush up PHRASAL VERB If someone hushes something up , they prevent other people from knowing about it. □ [V n P ] The star shot him with an air rifle, then offered him money to hush it up. □ [V P n] The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.