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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.
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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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Bruised
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noun
7.
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
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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.
EXPAND*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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Slang Dictionary
bruised definition[bruzd]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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