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bruise
[ brooz ]
verb (used with object)
- to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin:
The blow bruised his arm. Her pinching bruised the peaches.
- to injure or hurt slightly, as with an insult or unkind remark:
to bruise a person's feelings.
- to crush (drugs or food) by beating or pounding.
- Metalworking. to injure the surface of (an ingot or finished object) by collision.
verb (used without object)
- to develop or bear a discolored spot on the skin as the result of a blow, fall, etc.
- to become injured slightly:
His feelings bruise easily.
noun
- an injury due to bruising; contusion.
bruise
/ bruːz /
verb
- also intr to injure (tissues) without breaking the skin, usually with discoloration, or (of tissues) to be injured in this way
- to offend or injure (someone's feelings) by an insult, unkindness, etc
- to damage the surface of (something), as by a blow
- to crush (food, etc) by pounding or pressing
noun
- a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion
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- un·bruised adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bruise1
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Example Sentences
Apparently there was a sex scene that was cut from the film with you and Kate Upton that left you with a huge bruise on your ass?
In contrast to gentle Eva, Naps liked to draw a little blood in bed, to bruise and be bruised in return.
As Obama and others press to raise the federal minimum wage about $7.25, skeptics say such a move could bruise the economy.
So she got smacked and got a big bruise that she was very proud of.
A woman in a cupcake of a wedding dress, with her wedding party behind her, stands against a frighteningly bruise-hued sky.
Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.
Whether it was rheumatism or a bruise or strain he did not know, but by the time he reached the river he was ready to drop.
And he spurred away headlong, his bruise nowhere, one horrible thought mastering all.
Men like me dont bruise— he hesitated a moment, patted her hand, and said softly, guardian angels.
When I came to myself, I was lying on my back in the grass, feeling a dull ache all over me, as from a bad bruise.
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