12 definitions found for bruise

Bruise BRUISE, v.t. s as z. To crush by beating or pounding with an instrument not edged or pointed. When applied to animal flesh or to vegetables, a bruise is a contusion that impairs the natural solidity and texture of the part, but often without breaking the skin. When applied to minerals and similar substances, it signifies to break them, and often to reduce them to a coarse powder.
BRUISE, n. A contusion; a hurt upon the flesh of animals, upon plants or other bodies, with a blunt or heavy instrument.

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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bruise I. verb (bruised; bruising) Etymology: Middle English brusen, brisen, from Anglo-French & Old English; Anglo-French bruiser, briser to break, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish bruid he shatters; Old English brȳsan to bruise; akin to Old Irish bruid, Latin frustum piece Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. archaic disable b. batter, dent 2. to inflict a bruise on ; contuse 3. to break down (as leaves or berries) by pounding ; crush 4. wound, injure; especially to inflict psychological hurt on <a bruised ego> intransitive verb 1. to inflict a bruise 2. to undergo bruising <her skin bruises easily> II. noun Date: 1541 1. a. an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin ; contusion b. a similar injury to plant tissue 2. abrasion, scratch 3. an injury especially to the feelings

bruise
n. & v.
--n.
1 an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on a human or animal body, caused by a blow or impact.
2 a similar area of damage on a fruit etc.
--v.
1 tr. a inflict a bruise on. b hurt mentally.
2 intr. be susceptible to bruising.
3 tr. crush or pound.
Etymology: ME f. OE brysan crush, reinforced by AF bruser, OF bruisier break

bruise bru:z n. & v. --n. 1 an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on a human or animal body, caused by a blow or impact. 2 a similar area of damage on a fruit etc. --v. 1 tr. a inflict a bruise on. b hurt mentally. 2 intr. be susceptible to bruising. 3 tr. crush or pound. [ME f. OE brysan crush, reinforced by AF bruser, OF bruisier break]

Bruise 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 Bruise, v. i. To fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. --Thackeray.

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. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. --Isa. i. 6.

bruise I. v. a. 1. Crush, squeeze, contuse. 2. Break, batter, pound, bray, pulverize, comminute, triturate, break to pieces. 3. Indent, batter, deface. II. n. Contusion.

bruise bru:z n. 1 injury, hurt, contusion, bump, welt, scrape, abrasion, scratch, wound, black-and-blue mark, blotch, blemish, mark, spot, discoloration, damage, Technical ecchymosis: I got this bruise from walking into the corner of the table. The price is lower if the fruit has a few bruises. --v. 2 injure, contuse, hurt, scrape, harm; wound, damage: I bruised my knee when I fell down. Being arrested certainly bruised his self-esteem.

69 Moby Thesaurus words for "bruise": 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