Bruise

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body) without breaking the skin, as by a blow.
  • v. To damage (plant tissue), as by abrasion or pressure: bruised the fruit by careless packing.
  • v. To dent or mar.
  • v. To pound (berries, for example) into fragments; crush.
  • v. To hurt, especially psychologically.
  • verb-intransitive. To experience or undergo bruising: Peaches bruise easily.
  • n. An injury to underlying tissues or bone in which the skin is not broken, often characterized by ruptured blood vessels and discolorations.
  • n. A similar injury to plant tissue, often resulting in discoloration or spoilage.
  • n. An injury, especially to one's feelings.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it.
  • v. To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way.
  • v. Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly.
  • v. To bruise easily.
  • n. A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.
  • n. A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse.
  • v. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush.
  • verb-intransitive. To fight with the fists; to box.
  • n. An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To injure by a blow or by pressure without laceration; contuse, as a pliant substance; dent or beat in without breaking, as anything hard: as, to bruise the hand; a bruised apple; “his bruised shield,”
  • To crush by beating or pounding; pound; bray, as drugs or articles of food.
  • Figuratively, to beat down or oppress; cudgel, as the brain; scourge; damage.
  • To fight with the fists; box.
  • n. A contusion; a superficial injury caused by impact, without laceration, as of an animal body, a plant, or other impressible object.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
  • v. injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
  • v. break up into small pieces for food preparation
  • v. damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
  • v. hurt the feelings of
  • Verb Form
    bruised    bruises    bruising   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crush    damage   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    bruising    bruiser   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    contuse    bray    triturate    pound    pulverize    break    crush    box    contusion    injury   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chartreuse    Cruz    Druse    Druze    Hughes    Jews    Loos    Mahfouz    Meuse    Muse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wound    scar    gash    scratch    contusion    ache    bump    welt    stain    burn