• (GA) IPA: /hɑɹm/
• (RP) IPA: /hɑːm/

harm

1. physical injury; hurt; damage

   No harm came to my possessions.

   You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the balls. Especially if they get revenge and bring out a bazooka and blast your head off.

2. emotional or figurative hurt

   Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.

3. detriment; misfortune.

   I wish him no harm.

4. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
   • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene i]:

     We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms.

• French: mal, tort, dommage
• German: Schaden
• Italian: danno, male, ferita
• Portuguese: dano, mal
• Russian: вред
• Spanish: daño

• Italian: danno, svantaggio
• Portuguese: mal

harm (harms, present participle harming; past and past participle harmed)

1. To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

• French: nuire à, faire du mal à
• German: schaden
• Italian: danneggiare, ferire, far male
• Portuguese: ferir, fazer mal, afligir, machucar
• Russian: вреди́ть
• Spanish: dañar