Bruise

What do we mean by bruise?

To injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of (part of the body) without breaking the skin, as by a blow. intransitive verb

To damage (plant tissue), as by abrasion or pressure. intransitive verb

To dent or mar. intransitive verb

To pound (berries, for example) into fragments; crush. intransitive verb

To hurt, especially psychologically. intransitive verb

To experience or undergo bruising. intransitive verb

An injury to underlying tissues or bone in which the skin is not broken, often characterized by ruptured blood vessels and discolorations. noun

A similar injury to plant tissue, often resulting in discoloration or spoilage. noun

A painful feeling caused by or associated with an experience. noun

To injure by a blow or by pressure without laceration; contuse, as a pliant substance; dent or beat in without breaking, as anything hard: as, to bruise the hand; a bruised apple; “his bruised shield,”

To crush by beating or pounding; pound; bray, as drugs or articles of food.

Figuratively, to beat down or oppress; cudgel, as the brain; scourge; damage.

To fight with the fists; box.

A contusion; a superficial injury caused by impact, without laceration, as of an animal body, a plant, or other impressible object. noun

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. noun

To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse. transitive verb

To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. transitive verb

To fight with the fists; to box. intransitive verb

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. verb

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

A dark mark on fruit or vegetables caused by a blow to the surface.

Words that are spelled similarly to bruise:
bruise, cruise, braise, brise, bruse, bruine.

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Words that rhyme with bruise:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe bruise:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective bruise:
color, part, season.

Consonant match to bruise:
breeze, browse, braise, braze, brose, brise, brows, brize, brews, breese, braz, broz, braes, breiz, briese, brays, brause, brees, bruse, brase.

Words that sound like bruise:
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