bruise
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verb (used with object)
1.
to injure by striking or pressing, without breaking the skin: The blow bruised his arm. Her pinching bruised the peaches.
2.
to injure or hurt slightly, as with an insult or unkind remark: to bruise a person's feelings.
3.
to crush (drugs or food) by beating or pounding.
4.
Metalworking. to injure the surface of (an ingot or finished object) by collision.
verb (used without object)
5.
to develop or bear a discolored spot on the skin as the result of a blow, fall, etc.
6.
to become injured slightly: His feelings bruise easily.
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noun
7.
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
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bruise (bruːz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (also intr) to injure (tissues) without breaking the skin, usually with discoloration, or (of tissues) to be injured in this way |
| 2. | to offend or injure (someone's feelings) by an insult, unkindness, etc |
| 3. | to damage the surface of (something), as by a blow |
| 4. | to crush (food, etc) by pounding or pressing |
| —n | |
| 5. | a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion |
| [Old English brӯsan, of Celtic origin; compare Irish brūigim I bruise] | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bruise
O.E. brysan "to crush, bruise, pound," from P.Gmc. *brusjanan, from PIE base *bhreus- "to smash, crush" (cf. O.Ir. bronnaim "I wrong, I hurt;" Bret. brezel "war," V.L. brisare "to break"). Merged by 17c. with Anglo-Fr. bruiser "to break, smash," from O.Fr. bruisier "to break, shatter," perhaps from Gaul.
*brus-, from the same PIE base. Related: Bruised; bruising. The noun is first recorded 1540s. Bruiser "a boxer" is attested from 1744.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
bruise (br&oomacr;z)
n.
An injury to underlying tissues or bone in which the skin is unbroken, often characterized by ruptured blood vessels and discolorations; a contusion.
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Example sentences
If you've ever had a bruise, you may have noticed that the skin went through a series of color changes as it healed.
The eight-year-old suffered a sprained, possibly fractured arm, and his brother got a bruise on the forehead.
Age dating of bruises can often be determined by looking at the color of the bruise.
The impact of the projectile itself is likely to fracture, crack or break your bones bones and bruise you.
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