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bruise

[ brooz ]

verb (used with object)

bruised, bruising.
  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)

bruised, bruising.
  1. to develop or bear a discolored spot on the skin as the result of a blow, fall, etc.
  2. to become injured slightly:

    His feelings bruise easily.

noun

  1. an injury due to bruising; contusion.

bruise

/ ː /

verb

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·ܾ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bruise1

before 900; Middle English bro ( o ) sen, bres ( s ) en, bris ( s ) en, bruisen, representing Old English brȳsan, brēsan and Anglo-French bruser, Old French bruisier, akin to briser to break; brisance
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bruise1

Old English ӯ , of Celtic origin; compare Irish ū I bruise
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Singer Katy Perry has admitted feeling "battered and bruised" by the backlash following her recent space trip, but reassured fans she is OK as would "keep looking to the light".

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"Swelling and bruising was plain to see," Mr Edwards said.

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Marks & Spencer has suffered a "bruise" to its reputation after it was forced to stop taking online orders following a cyber attack, an analyst has said.

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Why the Chargers drafted him: Harbaugh’s promise of a bruising running attack went unfulfilled in his first year and the Chargers needed to surround quarterback Justin Herbert with more weapons.

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In Newman’s real life, it was a psychoactive psilocybin mushroom that, like all of them, stains blue when bruised.

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