bruise
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.
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.
an injury due to bruising; contusion.
Origin of bruise
1Other words from bruise
- un·bruised, adjective
Words that may be confused with bruise
- brews, bruise
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How to use bruise in a sentence
Then they discovered various cuts and bruises on his body and an arrowhead embedded in his shoulder.
Humans Have Gotten Nicer and Better at Making War - Issue 94: Evolving | Steve Paulson | January 6, 2021 | NautilusI miss my skates, the exercise, the sport, the bruises, but especially my teammates and friends.
Morgan Moses, his body covered in bruises, stepped into his modern farmhouse Sunday evening wearing a walking boot on his left foot.
Inside a week of recovery with Morgan Moses, one of Washington’s toughest players | Sam Fortier | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostThe games get a lot tougher, and the bruises get a lot bigger.
Inside a week of recovery with Morgan Moses, one of Washington’s toughest players | Sam Fortier | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostApps that are designed to recognize faces may be fooled by haircuts, glasses, facial hair or bruises, for instance.
There was a fear growing inside of me that my imperfect bruised college experience was a reflection of my own damaged self.
Brooks came through the Old Bailey trial bruised but not defeated.
Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine | Clive Irving | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are people who, despite ourselves, find ourselves drawn to the sick, the dying, the permanently bruised.
The Dirty Secret Doctors Don't Want You To Know | Kent Sepkowitz | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen he expresses concern over her bruised and disheveled appearance, she lies and tells him that she fainted.
How Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt Navigated Anna's Controversial Rape Arc | Kevin Fallon | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo we both kept sending each other pictures of our bruised shins.
Allison Janney’s Incredible ‘Double O’ and That ‘Masters of Sex’ Love Scene | Jason Lynch | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWharton made the bruised Martini enter also; and accompanying them himself, the voiture set off, escorted by his servants.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterNancy was little the worse for the awful accident, bruised, of course, but poor Masters was unconscious.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThe bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench, he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHe was lying, bruised and shaken, among the heaped-up débris of a ruined building.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodIt is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.'
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British Dictionary definitions for bruise
/ (bruːz) /
(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
a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion
Origin of bruise
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