(~s, ~ing, ~)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ yourself or ~ a part of your body, you feel pain because you have injured yourself.
Yasin had seriously ~ himself while trying to escape from the police...
He had ~ his back in an accident.
VERB: V pron-refl, V n
2.
If a part of your body ~s, you feel pain there.
His collar bone only ~ when he lifted his arm.
VERB: V
3.
If you are ~, you have been injured.
His comrades asked him if he was ~...
They were dazed but did not seem to be badly ~.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
4.
If you ~ someone, you cause them to feel pain.
I didn’t mean to ~ her, only to keep her still...
Ouch. That ~.
VERB: V n, V
5.
If someone ~s you, they say or do something that makes you unhappy.
He is afraid of ~ing Bessy’s feelings...
What ~s most is the betrayal, the waste.
VERB: V n, V
6.
If you are ~, you are upset because of something that someone has said or done.
Yes, I was ~, jealous...
ADJ
7.
If you say that you are ~ing, you mean that you are experiencing emotional pain.
I am lonely and I am ~ing.
VERB: only cont, V
8.
To ~ someone or something means to have a bad effect on them or prevent them from succeeding.
The combination of hot weather and decreased water supplies is ~ing many industries...
= damage
VERB: V n
9.
A feeling of ~ is a feeling that you have when you think that you have been treated badly or judged unfairly.
I was full of jealousy and ~...
= pain
N-VAR
10.
If you say ‘It won’t ~ to do something’ or ‘It never ~s to do something’, you are recommending an action which you think is helpful or useful. (INFORMAL)
It wouldn’t ~ you to be a bit more serious.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR to-inf