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Definition of Bruise

1. Noun. An injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration.

2. Verb. Injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of. "Did he bruise his foot? "; "I bruised my knee"

3. Verb. Hurt the feelings of. "Sam cannot bruise Sue "; "This remark really bruised my ego"

4. Verb. Break up into small pieces for food preparation. "Bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"

5. Verb. Damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure. "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"

Definition of Bruise

1. v. t. 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. v. i. To fight with the fists; to box.

3. 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.

Definition of Bruise

1. Verb. (transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To damage the skin of (fruit), in an analogous way. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) Of fruit, to gain bruises through being handled roughly. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive medicine) To bruise easily. ¹

5. Noun. (medicine) A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow. ¹

6. Noun. A dark mark on fruit caused by a blow to its surface. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bruise

1. to injure without breaking the surface of the skin [v BRUISED, BRUISING, BRUISES]

Medical Definition of Bruise

1. 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) 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) Synonym: To pulverize, bray, triturate, pound, contuse. Origin: OE. Brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. Brsan or fr. OF. Bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. From OHG. Brochison. Cf. Break. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bruise

bruckle brugh brughs brugia brugia malayi brugia pahangi brugnatellite brugnatellites bruh bruhaha

bruhahas bruilzie bruilzies bruin bruins bruise (current term) bruise up bruised bruiselike bruiser

bruisers bruises bruisewort bruiseworts bruising bruisingly bruisings bruit bruit de Roger

Literary usage of Bruise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Prevention of Disease and Care of the Sick: How to Keep Well and what to Do by William Gordon Stimpson, Milton Hugh Foster (1919)
"bruise. . — A bruise is the injury produced by a blow with some blunt object. ... The first symptoms of a bruise is pain; then the injured part quickly ..."

2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"Fr. blau, coup, tache,' meurtrissure—Roquefort, a blow, a bruise. Du. placke, macula, labes, a blot, spot; ..."

3. The Good Housekeeper, Or the Way to Live Well, and to be Well While We Live by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1839)
"FOR A bruise OR SPRAIN. Bathe the part in cold water, till you can get ready a decoction of wormwood. This is one of the best remedies for sprains and ..."

4. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1857)
"bruise of the Scalp. THE scalp is especially liable to severity of contusion. It is a part much exposed to external injury; it is stretched over dense ..."

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