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Definitions for: Bruise
[n] an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration
[v] damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
[v] break up into small pieces, as in food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
[v] injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"
[v] hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"
Webster (1913) Definition: Bruise (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruised
(br[udd]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bruising.] [OE. brusen,
brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br[=y]san or fr. OF. bruiser,
bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG.
brochis[=o]n. Cf. Break, v. t.]
1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration;
to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to
bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple
by letting it fall.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots,
etc.; to crush.
Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs.
--Shak.
Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
Bruise, v. i.
To fight with the fists; to box.
Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English
custom. --Thackeray.
Bruise, n.
An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc.,
with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some
other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on
fruit.
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is
no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. --Isa. i.
6.
Synonyms: contuse, contusion, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound
See Also: abase, affront, arouse, black eye, chagrin, crush, crush, damage, ecchymosis, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, harm, humble, humiliate, hurt, injure, injury, insult, jam, kindle, lacerate, mortify, petechia, provoke, raise, shiner, sting, trauma, wound
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