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bruise
[ brooz ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
noun
- an injury due to bruising; contusion.
bruise
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verb
- 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
noun
- a bodily injury without a break in the skin, usually with discoloration; contusion
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of bruise1
Example Sentences
The civil suit claims Paredes suffered several bruises and broken bones, including a broken hyoid bone, which is in the front of the neck, and a partially crushed vertebra.
Two years into his term, his party suffered a bruising defeat in parliamentary elections, handing the opposition party an even bigger majority.
Ms Welby had a fractured nose, broken finger and extensive bruising to her head and face and was treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn.
Ms Giuffre was "banged up and bruised" and later admitted to hospital after her condition deteriorated, her family said.
Giuffre said this year "has been the worst", alongside a photograph from a hospital bed showing visible bruising.
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