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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
bruise
n 1: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some
discoloration [syn: bruise, contusion]
v 1: injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my
knee" [syn: bruise, contuse]
2: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite]
3: break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the
berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"
4: damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer
bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bruise \Bruise\, v. i.
To fight with the fists; to box.
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Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English
custom. --Thackeray.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruised; p.
pr. & vb. n. Bruising.] [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen,
bresen, AS. br?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.
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2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots,
etc.; to crush.
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Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs.
--Shak.
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Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Bruise \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.
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From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is
no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. --Isa. i.
6.
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5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
BRUISE, med. jurisp. An injury done with violence to the person, without
breaking the skin; it is nearly synonymous with contusion. (q . v.) 1. Ch.
Pr. 38; vide 4 Car. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; Eng. C. L. Rep. 430, 526, 529.
Vide Wound.
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Thesaurus Results for Bruise:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
abrasion, abuse, aggrieve, anguish, barb the dart, bash, batter, beat, beat up, black, black eye, black-and-blue mark, blemish, blotch, boo-boo, buffet, bump, bung, bung up, contuse, contusion, cut, cut up, damage, discolor, discoloration, discolorment, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, ecchymosis, grieve, harm, hurt, hurt the feelings, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, injury, knock about, maltreat, manhandle, mark, mash, maul, mishandle, mistreat, molest, mouse, outrage, pain, pierce, pound, prick, pulp, rough, rough up, savage, scrape, scratch, shiner, spot, squash, stab, sting, thrash soundly, twist the knife, welt, wound |
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