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    bruise
    [bro͞oz]
    noun
    bruise (noun) · bruises (plural noun)
    1. an injury appearing as an area of discolored skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels:
      "his body was a mass of bruises after he had been attacked"
      • a mark indicating an area of damage on a fruit, vegetable, or plant.
    verb
    bruise (verb) · bruises (third person present) · bruised (past tense) · bruised (past participle) · bruising (present participle)
    1. inflict a bruise or bruises on (a part of the body):
      "I fell and bruised my knee"
      • cause a bruise or bruises to appear on (a fruit, vegetable, or plant):
        "the fall bruised several of the ripest bananas"
      • be susceptible to bruising:
        "potatoes bruise easily, so treat them with care"
      • hurt (someone's feelings):
        "I will admit that my pride was bruised by his comment"
    2. crush or pound (food):
      "add the beans, tomatoes, and lime wedges and roughly bruise with the pestle"
    Origin
    Old English brȳsan ‘crush or injure with a blow’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French bruisier ‘break’.
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    noun
    1. an injury appearing as an area of discolored skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels:
      contusion
      lesion
      mark
      injury
      blackening
      swelling
      lump
      bump
      welt
      black eye
      shiner
      ecchymosis
      trauma
      black-and-blue mark
      skin discoloration
    verb
    1. inflict a bruise or bruises on (a part of the body):
      contuse
      injure
      mark
      discolor
      blacken
      hurt
      blemish
      damage
      spoil
      impair
      mar
      make black and blue
     
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  1. verb (used with object),bruised,bruis·ing. 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.

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    bruised; bruising transitive verb 1 : to inflict an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin or a similar injury to plant tissue : to inflict a bruise (see bruise entry 1 sense 1) on : contuse bruised her arm when he grabbed her 2

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    A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken. How did you get that bruise on your cheek? She was treated for cuts and bruises. If you bruise a part of your body, a bruise appears on it, …

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