About The Word Bruise
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Bruise
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What's The Definition Of Bruise?
[n] an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
[v] damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them" [v] break up into small pieces, as in food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them" [v] injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee" [v] hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego" Synonyms | Synonyms for Bruise: contuse | contusion | hurt | injure | offend | spite | wound Related Terms | Find terms related to Bruise: abrasion | abuse | aggrieve | anguish | barb the dart | bash | batter | beat | beat up | black | black eye | black-and-blue mark | blemish | blotch | boo-boo | buffet | bump | bung | bung up | contuse | contusion | cut | cut up | damage | discolor | discoloration | discolorment | do violence to | do wrong by | do wrong to | ecchymosis | grieve | harm | hurt | hurt the feelings | ill-treat | ill-use | injure | injury | knock about | maltreat | manhandle | mark | mash | maul | mishandle | mistreat | molest | mouse | outrage | pain | pierce | pound | prick | pulp | rough | rough up | savage | scrape | scratch | shiner | spot | squash | stab | sting | thrash soundly | twist the knife | welt | wound See Also | abase | affront | arouse | black eye | chagrin | crush | crush | damage | ecchymosis | elicit | enkindle | evoke | fire | harm | humble | humiliate | hurt | injure | injury | insult | jam | kindle | lacerate | mortify | petechia | provoke | raise | shiner | sting | trauma | wound Bruise In Webster's Dictionary \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruised}
(br[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen,
brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br[=y]san or fr. OF. bruiser,
bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG.
brochis[=o]n. Cf. {Break}, v. t.]
1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration;
to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to
bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple
by letting it fall.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots,
etc.; to crush.
Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs.
--Shak.
Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
\Bruise\, v. i. To fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. --Thackeray. \Bruise\, 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; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. --Isa. i. 6. |
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