harmed
USHARMD/hɑɹmd/UKHAHMD/hɑːmd/
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of harm.
The new policy harmed small businesses across the region.
Many animals were harmed by the oil spill along the shore.
Note
A regular form, made by adding -ed, so one spelling does both jobs. As a simple past it stands alone (the policy harmed them). As a participle it follows have (it has harmed them) or forms the passive with be (they were harmed). Harm is also a noun for injury or damage, but this form belongs only to the verb.
harmed is a form of harm
harm, verb: To impair or damage something, generally a lifeless object rather than a person or animal. Full entry
- Spelling
- harm → harmed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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