harm.html - n. & v.
--n.

hurt, damage.

--v.

tr. cause harm to.

out of harm's way in safety. [OE hearm, hearmian f. Gmc]

harm.html - n.
a parching dusty land-wind of the W. African coast occurring from December to February. [Fanti or Twi haramata]

harm.html - adj.
causing or likely to cause harm.

harmfully adv. harmfulness n.

harm.html - adj.
1 not able or likely to cause harm.
2 inoffensive.

harmlessly adv. harmlessness n.

harm.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of or characterized by harmony; harmonious.
2 Mus. a of or relating to harmony. b (of a tone) produced by vibration of a string etc. in an exact fraction of its length.
3 Math. of or relating to quantities whose reciprocals are in arithmetical progression (harmonic progression).

--n.

1 Mus. an overtone accompanying at a fixed interval (and forming a note with) a fundamental.
2 Physics a component frequency of wave motion.

harmonic motion (in full simple harmonic motion) oscillatory motion under a retarding force proportional to the amount of displacement from an equilibrium position. harmonic progression (or series) Math. a series of quantities whose reciprocals are in arithmetical progression.

harmonically adv. [L harmonicus f. Gk harmonikos (as HARMONY)]

harm.html - n.
a small rectangular wind instrument with a row of metal reeds along its length, held against the lips and moved from side to side to produce different notes by blowing or sucking. [L, fem. sing. or neut. pl. of harmonicus: see HARMONIC]